Deng Sanrui

In this Chinese name, the family name is Deng.

Deng Sanrui (Chinese: 邓三瑞; October 19, 1929 - September 15, 2020) was a Chinese shipbuilding engineer. He was general designer of 7B8 ROUV. He had been hailed as "father of the submarine in China".

Deng Sanrui
邓三瑞
President of Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute
In office June 1983 – June 1987
Preceded by	Feng Jie
Succeeded by	Qian Qiushan
Personal details
Born	(1929-10-19)October 19, 1929 Beijing, China
Died	September 15, 2020(2020-09-15) (aged 90) Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	National Chiao Tung University Dalian Naval Academy
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄧三瑞
Simplified Chinese	邓三瑞
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dèng Sānruì

Biography

Deng was born in Beijing on October 19, 1929, while his ancestral home was in Ningyuan County, Hunan. He attended the High School Affiliated to National Central University. In 1949, he was accepted to National Chiao Tung University, where he studied shipbuilding under Ye Zaifu and Guo Xifen (郭锡汾). After the outbreak of the Korean War, he was admitted by the Jiangnan Shipyard and Dalian Naval Academy. After graduating in 1953, he was dispatched to the People's Liberation Army Military Academy of Engineering as associate professor, and became full professor in 1970. In 1980, he was promoted to vice-president of Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute. In 1983 he was promoted again to become president of Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute. He retired in September 1998. He died on September 15, 2020, aged 90.

External links

• 新中国第一艘常规动力试验潜艇总设计师邓三瑞校友逝世 on Shanghai Jiao Tong University