Zhang Jinlin
{{Short description|Chinese engineer (1936–2023)}}
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Zhang Jinlin ({{zh|s=张金麟}}; 16 October 1936 – 9 January 2023) was a Chinese engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Biography
Zhang was born in Luan County (now Luanzhou), Hebei, on 16 October 1936.{{cite news |url=https://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2023/1/492304.shtm |script-title=zh:讣告：张金麟院士逝世 |work=sciencenet.cn |date=9 December 2023 |access-date=9 January 2023 |language=zh}} In 1955, he was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology, where he majored in turbine.
After graduated from university in 1960, Zhang became an engineer at the No. 9 Research Office of the Naval Scientific Research Department. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1974. In 1971, he was transferred to the 719 Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, where was promoted to deputy director in 1983 and to director in 1992. In 1996, he was appointed as the chief designer of China's nuclear submarine project.{{Cite web |last=叶娟 (Ye, Juan) |title=张金麟院士："我此生离不开核潜艇" |trans-title=Zhang Jinlin: "I can't be apart from nuclear submarines in my life" |url=https://tech.gmw.cn/scientist/2016-04/22/content_19810186.htm |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=tech.gmw.cn |language=zh |publication-place=Beijing, China |publication-date= 2016-04-22}}
Zhang is the third chief designer of China's nuclear submarine project (the first chief designer is Peng Shilu, and the second one is Huang Xuhua), and he made great contributions to develop and build the Type 094 ballistic missile submarine.{{Cite web |last=周劼 (Zhou, Jie) |date=2023-01-09 |title=张金麟院士在汉逝世，花甲之年挑起核潜艇研制工作重担 |trans-title=Zhang Jinlin passed away in Wuhan, ...... |url=http://news.cjn.cn/whpd/yw_19947/202301/t4409198.htm |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=news.cjn.cn |publisher=Yangtze Daily |language=zh |publication-place=Wuhan, China}} Zhang once said that he was deeply influenced by Peng Shilu.
On 9 January 2023, Zhang died in Wuhan, Hubei, at the age of 86.
Honours and awards
- 1989 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class){{cite news |url=https://www.takefoto.cn/news/2023/01/09/10295011.shtml |script-title=zh:第三任核潜艇总师张金麟逝世 |work=sina |date=9 January 2023 |access-date=9 January 2023 |language=zh}}
- 1996 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Special)
- December 2007 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE){{cite news |url=https://news.sina.com.cn/o/2007-12-30/063713169022s.shtml |script-title=zh:张金麟：我国造船人的杰出代表 |work=sina |date=30 December 2007 |access-date=9 January 2023 |language=zh}}
- 2016 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class)
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