Qian Zhengying

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| office1 = President of the Red Cross Society of China

| term_start1 = April 1994

| term_end1 = October 1999

| predecessor1 = Chen Minzhang

| successor1 = Peng Peiyun

| office2 = Vice Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

| term_start2 = 27 March 1993

| term_end2 = 13 March 2003

| 1blankname2 = Chairperson

| 1namedata2 = Li Xiannian
Li Ruihuan

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| office3 = Minister of Water Resources and Electric Power

| term_start3 = 8 March 1982

| term_end3 = March 1988

| premier3 = Zhao Ziyang
Li Peng

| predecessor3 = Herself
{{small|(as Minister of Water Resources)}}

| successor3 = Yang Zhenhuai

| term_start4 = April 1974

| term_end4 = 23 February 1979

| premier4 = Zhou Enlai
Hua Guofeng

| predecessor4 = {{ill|Zhang Wenbi|zh|张文碧}}

| successor4 = Herself
{{small|(as Minister of Water Resources)}}

| office5 = Minister of Water Resources

| term_start5 = 23 February 1979

| term_end5 = 8 March 1982

| premier5 = Hua Guofeng
Zhao Ziyang

| predecessor5 = Herself
{{small|(as Minister of Water Resources and Electric Power)}}

| successor5 = Herself
{{small|(as Minister of Water Resources and Electric Power)}}

| name = Qian Zhengying

| native_name = 钱正英

| native_name_lang = zh

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|07|04|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Shanghai, China

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|22|1923|07|04|df=yes}}

| death_place = Beijing, China

| party = Chinese Communist Party

| spouse = Huang Xinbai

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| alma_mater = Utopia University

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| signature = Signature of Qian Zhengying, September 28, 1985.jpg

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| p = Qián Zhèngyīng

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Qian Zhengying ({{zh|s=钱正英}}; 4 July 1923 – 22 October 2022)[https://news.sina.cn/2022-10-24/detail-imqqsmrp3563276.d.html?from=wap 全国政协原副主席、原水电部部长钱正英逝世享年99岁] {{in lang|zh}} was a Chinese hydrologist and politician.

Biography

She was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province.{{cite news |url=http://en.people.cn/features/npc/about/qianzhengying.html |title=Qian Zhengying, Vice-Chairman of Ninth CPPCC National Committee |publisher=People's Daily}} Her father trained as an engineer in the United States before returning to China; some sources report that Qian was born in the United States.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQKyAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA414 |title=Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China |page=414 |last=Sullivan |first=Lawrence R |year=2007 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0810864436}} She trained as a civil engineer at Utopia University. Qian joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1941. She worked with the Red Army in northern China and was involved in projects on the Huai and Yellow Rivers.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g_M9BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA140 |title=The Yellow River: The Problem of Water in Modern China |page=140 |last=Pietz |first=David A |year=2014 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0674058248}} In 1949, she was vice-director of the Water Conservancy Department of the East China Political and Military Commission and Vice-Director of the Project Department for the Huaihe River Commission. From 1950 to 1952, she was president of East China Technical University of Water Resources (now Hohai University).{{cite web |url=http://www4.hku.hk/hongrads/index.php/archive/graduate_detail/262 |title=Qian Zhengying |work=Honorary Graduates |publisher=University of Hong Kong}}

She was a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Qian was also vice-minister and then Minister of Water Resources. She served as Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for the 7th, 8th and 9th national committees. In 1994, she was elected the sixth president of the Red Cross Society of China. In 1997, she was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and, in 1998, received the Technology Engineering of China prize.{{cite web |url=http://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/4958.html |title=Officials from mainland China and Hong Kong SAR to deliver Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Lecture at HKU |date=March 10, 2004 |publisher=University of Hong Kong}}