About Wang Sijing
Lived 1934 – 2025 (aged 90–91). Wang Sijing was a Chinese engineer and geologist.
Wang Sijing (; 27 December 1934 – 15 September 2025) was a Chinese geologist who served as director of the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 1984 to 1987, president of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering from 1998 to 2003, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Biography Wang was born in Shanghai, on 27 December 1934, while his ancestral home is in Chaohu, Anhui. He attended Shanghai Wusong High School.
Wang returned to China in 1963 and was assigned to the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he successively served as associate researcher (1978), researcher (1981), and doctoral supervisor (1983).
Honours and awards 1986 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
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