Qian Qihu
Qian Qihu was born in 1937, the year when the Songhu Battle broke out. Having spent his childhood amidst the gunfire of the Anti-Japanese War, he was determined to serve his country at a young age. Upon graduating from high school, Qian had the opportunity to be directly sent to the Soviet Union for further study. However, he resolutely chose to attend the Harbin Military Engineering Institute when news came that China was in urgent need of military talents.
In 1960, Qian Qihu was sent to study in the Soviet Union shortly after graduation. After returning to China in 1965, he engaged in both teaching of protective engineering and research on protective engineering against the effects of nuclear weapons.
If military weapons are the sharp “spear”, then protective engineering is the shield that defends against invasion. Qian founded the discipline of protective engineering in China, equipping our country’s strategic projects with an impenetrable “Golden Bell Cover”.
“I have not lived my life in vain, nor have I wasted my years. Instead, I have led a meaningful life, wholeheartedly devoting myself to ensuring the security of our country and our people,” said he.
In 2013,Qiantook one character from his mother’s name and one from his wife’s name to establish the “Jin Hui Charity Fund”. Over the past decade, this charitable project has benefited 780 needy students and elderly people.
On January 8, 2019, when the 2018 National Science and Technology Awards were announced, Qian Qihu was honored with State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, China’s top science award. On January 15, 2019, he received an 8 million yuan bonus from the national award and another 8 million yuan from Jiangsu Province. He decided to donate all of the 16 million yuan in bonuses.
Qian once said, “I grew up with the support of the state. Now there are many impoverished students who also need help. If they can complete their studies like me and become talents useful to the country and society, that would be a very meaningful and happy thing.”
Source: People’s Daily
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