About Wang Juqian
Lived 1906 – 1975 (aged 68). Wang Juqian was a Chinese engineer.
Wang Juqian (29 December 1906 – 27 February 1975) was a Chinese railway bridge engineer and politician who served as Vice Minister of Railways from 1959 until his death in 1975. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Biography Wang was born into a Protestant family in Shanghai, on 29 December 1906, while his ancestral home in Xiuning County, Anhui. His father Wang Xianming was a minister of the Presbyterianism as well as mathematics teacher.
On 26 February 1975, he died of liver cancer in Beijing, aged 68.
He was a delegate to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd National People's Congress.
Honours and awards 1957 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
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Chinese bridge engineer and politician
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Wang Juqian was born on 29 December 1906 in Shanghai.
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Wang Juqian died on 27 February 1975 in Beijing.
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Wang Juqian was an engineer.
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