<p> <br />Qian was born in Hangzhou, the capital city of the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. He led many of China’s key missile and space programmes. <br /><br />A member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, he graduated from Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, in 1934, the report said. <br /><br />In 1935, he went to study in the aviation department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1939, he received a doctorate in aviation and mathematics. He returned to China in 1955.</p>
<p> <br />Qian was born in Hangzhou, the capital city of the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. He led many of China’s key missile and space programmes. <br /><br />A member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, he graduated from Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, in 1934, the report said. <br /><br />In 1935, he went to study in the aviation department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1939, he received a doctorate in aviation and mathematics. He returned to China in 1955.</p>