Xu Cheng'en

Xu Cheng'en (; 21 January 1927 – 3 November 2023) was a Chinese refinery process design engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography Xu was born in Zhuji County, Zhejiang, on 21 January 1927. In 1945, he was admitted to Zhejiang University.

After graduating in May 1949, he became a member of the Jinzhou Synthetic Plant, which is the first coal refinery in China. In January 1953, he was transferred to the Northeast Petroleum Management Bureau to work due to his outstanding work. In May, he joined the Petroleum Design Bureau of the Ministry of Petroleum and worked at the Beijing Design Institute, where he was promoted to deputy chief engineer in January 1965 and was promoted again to president in January 1984.

Honours and awards 1994 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)