Qiu Dahong

Qiu Dahong (; 6 April 1930 – 11 January 2025) was a Chinese coastal and offshore engineer. He served as chief engineer of the Dalian Fishing Port, the New Dalian Port, the Qinhuangdao Petroleum Port, and many other projects. He was a professor of the Dalian University of Technology and directed the State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991.

Life and career Qiu was born on 6 April 1930 in Shanghai, Republic of China, with his ancestral home in Huzhou, Zhejiang. After graduating from the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University in 1951, he joined the Dalian University of Technology (DUT), where he worked under Professor Qian Lingxi and helped create China's first port and harbour engineering program.

In 1958, Qiu was appointed chief engineer for the construction of Dalian Fishing Port at the age of 28. The port, designed to occupy of open water with docks for 300 fishing boats, was unprecedented in China in both scale and difficulty. and was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991.

Publications Qiu published more than 100 scientific papers and multiple monographs and textbooks.