Sun Yueqi
Sun Yueqi | |
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孙越崎 | |
| Born | Sun Yuqi (孙毓麒) 16 October 1893 Shaoxing County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang, Qing Empire |
| Died | 9 December 1995 (aged 102) Shijingshan, Beijing, China |
| Alma mater | National Peiyang University Peking University Stanford University Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Industrialist, politician |
| Years active | 1919–1995 |
| Spouses | Ge Caixiang
(m. 1912; died 1922)Wang Yimeng (m. 1926) |
Sun Yueqi (simplified Chinese: 孙越崎; traditional Chinese: 孫越崎, 16 October 1893 – 9 December 1995), formerly known as Sun Yuqi or Sun Shifen, was an industrialist and politician in the Republic of China and later the People's Republic of China. He led the surveys and developments of several coal mines and oil fields in China, such as the Yanchang and Yumen Oilfields.
In 1946, Sun was the vice chairman of the National Resources Commission under the Nationalist government. During his term, he presided over the survey and mapping of the Three Gorges Project by American hydraulic engineer John L. Savage.