Han Qiwei


Han Qiwei was a Chinese hydraulic engineer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography

Han was born in Songzi, Hubei, on 2 November 1933. In 1956 he graduated from today's Wuhan University. From 1962 to 1980 he worked at the River Research Laboratory, Changjiang Academy of Sciences. He worked at China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Research Institute since 1980. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2001. He died of illness in Beijing, aged 86.