Zou Deci
{{Short description|Chinese engineer (1934–2020)}}
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| birth_place = Shanghai, China
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| death_place = Beijing, China
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| fields = City planning
| workplaces = China Academy of Urban Planning & Design
| alma_mater = Tongji University
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Zou Deci ({{zh|s=邹德慈}}; 1 October 1934 – 28 December 2020) was a Chinese engineer in the fields of city planning.{{cite news|author1=Lai Liuhua ({{lang|zh|赖柳华}})|url=https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2020-12-29/doc-iiznctke9211581.shtml |script-title=zh:巨星陨落！邹德慈院士逝世 |work=sina |date=29 December 2020 |access-date=30 December 2020 |language=zh}}{{cite news|url=https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_10584468 |script-title=zh:中国工程院院士邹德慈逝世，享年87岁 |work=thepaper.cn |date=29 December 2020 |access-date=30 December 2020 |language=zh}} He was a member of the Urban Planning Society of China (UPSC) and the Chinese Communist Party (CPC).{{cite news|url=http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2020/12/451129.shtm |script-title=zh:邹德慈院士逝世|trans-title=Academician Zou Deci Is Dead |work=sciencenet.cn |date=30 December 2020 |access-date=30 December 2020 |language=zh}}
Biography
Zou was born in Shanghai, on October 1, 1934, while his ancestral home was in Yujiang District of Yingtan, Jiangxi. In September 1951, he was accepted by Tongji University, majoring in city planning.
After graduating in July 1955, he was assigned to a designing institute of the Urban Construction Ministry as a technician. He worked at the Urban Planning Research Institute of State Planning Commission from January 1961 to February 1964, Urban Planning Bureau of State Economic Commission from February 1964 to March 1965, and State Construction Commission from March 1965 to December 1973. In January 1974, he was promoted to become chief engineer of the CCCC First Harbour Consultants Company Co. Ltd., a position he held until June 1980. In June 1980, he moved to the Institute of Urban Planning, State Administration of Urban Construction as chief engineer. After the institutional reform as China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, he served as vice-president in January 1982 and president in January 1986.
On December 28, 2020, he died of illness in Beijing, at the age of 86.
Honours and awards
- 2003 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
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Category:Engineers from Shanghai