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Xing Qiuhen (Chinese: 邢球痕; pinyin: Xíng Qiúhén; 30 September 1930 – 29 December 2024) was a Chinese scientist specializing in solid rocket propulsion technology, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Life and career

Xing was born in Sheng County (now Shengzhou), Zhejiang, on 30 September 1930. He attended Jinshui Primary School, Chungao Middle School, Sheng County Middle School, and Zhejiang Provincial Shaoxing High School. After graduating from Zhejiang Provincial Ningbo Advanced Industrial Vocational School in July 1949, Xing taught at Taiping Village Primary School. In October of that same year, he enrolled at Shanghai East China Field Army Special Technical School.

In 1950, Xing became a cultural instructor in the propaganda and education department of the East China Field Army Special Forces Special Branch School and subsequently history teacher at the East China Military Region Artillery Accelerated Primary School. In February 1953, Xing was accepted to the PLA Academy of Military Engineering (now National University of Defense Technology), where he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1954. After graduation in 1958, he became a technician at the Rocket Engine Research Laboratory of the 5th Academy of the Ministry of National Defense. There, he was in turn the leader of Solid Rocket Design Team and finally leader of Solid Rocket Motor Design Institute.

In September 1963, Xing was assigned to the 41st Institutes of the 4th Academy of the 7th Ministry of Machinery Industry (later was reshuffled as Ministry of Aerospace and eventually became China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation), where he rose to president of the 4th Academy in February 1983.

Xing died in Xi'an, Shaanxi on 29 December 2024, at the age of 94.

Family

In May 1958, Xing married Zhou Weijun (周慰君), with whom he had a son and a daughter.

Honours and awards

• 2003 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
• December 2003 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation

References

1. ^ Teng Xugun (滕叙衮) (1 September 2015). 邢球痕院士年表. csdl.ac.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
2. Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (29 December 2024). 中科院院士、固体火箭技术领域杰出专家邢球痕逝世，享年95岁. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
3. 痛别！巨星陨落——我国固体火箭技术领域专家邢球痕院士逝世 享年95岁. bjd.com.cn (in Chinese). 30 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

Bibliography

• Teng Xugun (滕叙衮) (2015). 邢球痕院士传 [Biography of Academician Xing Qiuhen] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Aerospace Publishing House. ISBN 9787515909844.

• 1930 births
• 2024 deaths
• People from Shengzhou
• Scientists from Zhejiang
• National University of Defense Technology alumni
• Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 20th-century Chinese scientists
• 21st-century Chinese scientists