Sun Yueqi

Sun Yueqi

NameSun Yueqi
TitleChinese industrialist and political figure (1893~1995)
GenderMale
Birthday+1893-10-16T00:00:00Z
nationalityPeople's Republic of China
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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.

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