Qu Geping

{{Short description|Chinese environmental scientist}}

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Qu Geping is a Chinese environmental scientist. He was Director of the Chinese State Environmental Protection Agency from 1987 to June 1993.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/28/world/chinese-suffer-from-rising-pollution-as-byproduct-of-the-industrial-boom.html|title=Chinese Suffer From Rising Pollution As Byproduct of the Industrial Boom|first=Sheryl|last=Wudunn|work=The New York Times |date=February 28, 1993|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/20/world/visit-by-gore-to-china-is-under-study.html|title=Visit by Gore to China Is Under Study|first=Patrick E.|last=Tyler|work=The New York Times |date=December 20, 1994|via=NYTimes.com}}

In 1999, he was the winner of the Blue Planet Prize along with Paul R. Ehrlich.

In 2001, he was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal, the highest award of the World Wildlife Fund, calling him the father of environmental protection in China.{{Cite web|url=https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?2354/Father-of-environmental-protection-in-China-to-receive-WWFs-highest-award|title=Father of environmental protection in China to receive WWF's highest award|website=wwf.panda.org}}