Hu Qiheng
Internet pioneer
Hu Qiheng (born 1934) is a Chinese computer scientist. Hu was the vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1987 to 1996 and led the National Computing and Networking Facility of China, which connected China to the Internet in April 1994. Hu was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013 as a global connector.
Hu was a member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Early life and education
Hu was born in 1934 in Beijing, China, while her ancestral home in Yulin, Shaanxi. She graduated from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Machinery in 1963 with an associate's degree in healthcare.
Career
Starting in the 1980s, Hu was the director of the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1983 to 1987. After being named secretary general of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1987, she became the academy's vice president in 1988 and held the position until 1996. During her time as vice president, Hu was in charge of the National Computing and Networking Facility of China. She persuaded the National Science Foundation to allow China to connect to the Internet.
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