Sha Qinglin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Sha.

Sha Qinglin (Chinese: 沙庆林; May 7, 1930 – February 23, 2020) was a Chinese highway engineer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).^[1]

Sha Qinglin
沙庆林
Born	(1930-05-07)May 7, 1930 Yixing, Jiangsu, China
Died	February 23, 2020(2020-02-23) (aged 89) Beijing, China
Alma mater	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Moscow State Automobile Highway Institute [ru]
Scientific career
Fields	Highway engineering
Institutions	Research Institute of Highway, Ministry of Transport
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	沙慶林
Simplified Chinese	沙庆林
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shā Qìnglín

Biography

Sha was born in Yixing, Jiangsu, on May 7, 1930. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1951. In 1952 he graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He obtained a Candidate of Sciences degree from Moscow State Automobile Highway Institute [ru] in 1957. After returning to China he worked in the Research Institute of Highway, Ministry of Transport. He died of illness in Beijing, on February 23, 2020, aged 89.^[2][3]

Honors and awards

• 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)^[4]