Sun Jingliang

Sun Jingliang (; 14 July 1930 – 28 December 2022) was a Chinese rocket engine engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography Sun was born in Ye County (now Laizhou), Shandong, on 14 July 1930. In 1947, he entered Harbin Institute of Technology, where he majored in aircraft engine. After graduating in March 1950, he became leader of the Translation Team of the Third Aviation School of the People's Liberation Army Air Force in Jinzhou. In September 1950, he was sent to study at Zhukovsky Military Aviation Engineering College on government scholarships, obtaining a vice-doctorate degree in March 1958.

Honours and awards 1985 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Special) 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) 1996 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) 1998 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation