Yuan Longping Qian Sanqiang Zhan Tianyou Zhang Heng Zu Chongzhi Cai Lun Xujiahui Qian Sanqiang, formerly known as Qian Bingqiong, was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang in 1913. His father Qian Xuantong was a famous philologist in modern China.

He lived with his father in Beijing when he was a boy. He studied at Kongde Middle School where Cai Yuanpei was the principal. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the preparatory course of Peking University. In 1932, he was admitted to the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University.

After graduating in 1936, Qian Sanqiang served as assistant to Director Yan Jici of the Institute of Physics of the Peking Academy.

The following year, he passed the publicly funded study abroad examination. When the cannons on Marco Polo Bridge rang out, he went to Europe with the ambition to serve his country and entered the Curie Laboratory of the University of Paris as a graduate student. His tutor was Curie's daughter and Nobel Prize winner Irene.

Curie and her husband Joliot Curie.

In 1940, Qian Sanqiang obtained a French national doctorate and continued to work as an assistant with the second generation Curies.

In 1946, he married He Zehui, a talented woman in the same subject.

The couple achieved breakthrough results in studying the third fission of uranium nuclei, and were recommended to the world's scientific community by their mentor Joliot.

Many newspapers and publications in Western countries published this incident and praised "the Curies of China for discovering a new method of splitting the atomic nucleus."

In the same year, the French Academy of Sciences also awarded the Physics Prize to Qian Sanqiang.

In the summer of 1948, Qian Sanqiang returned to his war-torn motherland with the mood to welcome liberation.

Not long after he returned to China, he encountered the peaceful liberation of Peiping in January 1949. In excitement, he rode his bicycle to Chang'an Street to join the celebrating crowd.

Later, Ye Jianying, director of the Peking Military Control Commission, sent someone to find him, hoping that he would go to France with a delegation from the liberated areas to attend the World Peace Conference.

Under extremely difficult circumstances, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China allocated US$50,000 to ask him to help order equipment and information related to atomic energy.

Qian Sanqiang was so excited that tears filled his eyes when he saw that the leaders of the Communist Party of China had such a vision of developing scientific undertakings before the founding of New China.

After returning from abroad, he was invited to the Tianmen Gate on the day of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China.

Since the founding of New China, Qian Sanqiang has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the creation of atomic energy.

He served as deputy director and director of the Institute of Modern Physics (later renamed the Institute of Atomic Energy) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and joined the Communist Party of China in 1954.

In 1955, after the central government decided to develop its own nuclear power, he became the planner of the plan.

In 1958, he participated in the construction of atomic reactors assisted by the Soviet Union and brought together a large number of nuclear scientists (including his wife). He also recommended outstanding talents such as Deng Jiaxian to the team for developing nuclear weapons.

In 1960, after the central government decided to rely entirely on self-reliance to develop the atomic bomb, Qian Sanqiang, who had also served as deputy director of the Second Ministry of Machinery, served as the technical chief and chief designer.

Just like how the Curies trained themselves, he devoted all his efforts to training a new generation of academic leaders. In the tough battle of "two bombs and one satellite", a large number of outstanding nuclear experts emerged and created the world's most advanced nuclear experts in this field.

Fast development speed.

People later not only praised Qian Sanqiang for his well-coordinated use of extremely complex scientific and technological fields and talents, but also believed that the Institute of Atomic Energy led by him was a scientific and technological base camp with "full of loyalty".

In his later years, Qian Sanqiang's health was declining, but he still served as vice chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, chairman of the Chinese Physical Society, and honorary chairman of the Chinese Nuclear Society.

He has always been concerned about the development of China's nuclear industry and emphasized that it should not only serve military purposes but also serve civilian purposes.

He died of illness in 1992 at the age of 79.

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the National Day, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission posthumously awarded the "Two Bombs and One Satellite Meritorious Service Medal" made of 515 grams of pure gold to Qian Sanqiang in recognition of this scientific leader's great contributions.

Qian Sanqiang passed away on June 28, 1992.

The origin of the name Qian Sanqiang Qian Sanqiang was born in 1913.

At first his father Qian Xuantong named him Qian Bingqiong, but why did he change his name to Qian Sanqiang later?

This has to start from the beginning.

Qian Sanqiang was born in a scholarly family.

Father Qian Xuantong started standing in front of his grandfather's desk every day when he was less than 4 years old, reading and memorizing words.

In his youth, he studied at Waseda University Normal School in Japan.

After returning to China, he first served as a Chinese language teacher in some famous middle schools, and then went to Beijing to serve as a professor at Beijing Higher Normal School and Peking University. He was a famous linguist in modern my country.

Because he accepted the ideological influence of Zhang Taiyan, Qiu Jin and other revolutionaries, he strongly advocated overthrowing the rule of the Qing Dynasty.

Later, he joined a group of professors with progressive ideas such as Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Yan Fu, and Hu Shi, and participated in the "New Culture" movement. He was an active supporter and rotating editor of the progressive publication "New Youth".

Qian Sanqiang grew up in such a family environment and received a good education and progressive ideas from an early age.

In order to cultivate Qian Sanqiang, when he was 7 years old, his father sent him to the Conde School, a children's school founded by Cai Yuanpei, Li Shizeng, Shen Yinmo and other professors from Peking University (Comte is the surname of a French philosopher).

Kongde School is a new and enlightened school.

In addition to focusing on moral, intellectual, and physical education, the school also emphasizes aesthetic education and labor, and also attaches great importance to music, painting, and labor classes.

Moreover, Kongde School has a strong teaching staff and a neat lineup. The teachers are qualified enough to teach high school.

It can be said that the educational conditions Qian Sanqiang received during his childhood were unique.