Zhang Jinlin

Zhang Jinlin (Chinese: 张金麟; 16 October 1936 – 9 January 2023) was a Chinese engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Jinlin
张金麟
Born(1936-10-16)16 October 1936
Luan County, Hebei, China
Died9 January 2023(2023-01-09) (aged 86)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Alma materHarbin Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear submarine's power and entirety
Institutions719 Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese张金麟
Traditional Chinese張金麟

Biography

Zhang was born in Luan County (now Luanzhou), Hebei, on 16 October 1936.[1] In 1955, he was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology, where he majored in turbine.[1]

After graduated from university in 1960, Zhang became an engineer at the No. 9 Research Office of the Naval Scientific Research Department.[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1974.[1] In 1971, he was transferred to the 719 Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, where was promoted to deputy director in 1983 and to director in 1992.[1] In 1996, he was appointed as the chief designer of China's nuclear submarine project.[2]

Zhang is the third chief designer of China's nuclear submarine project (the first chief designer is Peng Shilu, and the second one is Huang Xuhua), and he made great contributions to develop and build the Type 094 ballistic missile submarine.[3][4] Zhang once said that he was deeply influenced by Peng Shilu.[2]

On 9 January 2023, Zhang died in Wuhan, Hubei, at the age of 86.[1]

Honours and awards
  • 1989 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)[3]
  • 1996 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Special)
  • December 2007 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[5]
  • 2016 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class)

References
  1. 讣告：张金麟院士逝世. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. 叶娟 (Ye, Juan) (2016-04-22). "张金麟院士："我此生离不开核潜艇"" [Zhang Jinlin: "I can't be apart from nuclear submarines in my life"]. tech.gmw.cn (in Chinese). Beijing, China. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  3. 第三任核潜艇总师张金麟逝世. sina (in Chinese). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. 周劼 (Zhou, Jie) (2023-01-09). "张金麟院士在汉逝世，花甲之年挑起核潜艇研制工作重担" [Zhang Jinlin passed away in Wuhan, ......]. news.cjn.cn (in Chinese). Wuhan, China: Yangtze Daily. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  5. 张金麟：我国造船人的杰出代表. sina (in Chinese). 30 December 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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