Listening&SpeakingQianXuesenisoneofthebest-knownscientistsinChina
HisworkhasbeenveryimportantforthedevelopmentofChina
1QianXueSen(1911-)“FatherofChina'sAerospace”&“KingofRockets”QianXuesen(1911-),anativeofHangzhou,ZhejiangProvince,wenttotheUnitedStatestostudyin1935
In1955hereturnedtoChina,andin1958hejoinedtheCommunistParty
HeservedsuccessivelyasDirectoroftheInstituteofMechanicsundertheChineseAcademyofSciences,Vice-MinisteroftheNo
7MinistryoftheMachine-buildingIndustry,Vice-MinisteroftheStateCommissiononScience,TechnologyandIndustryforNationalDefenseandChairmanoftheChinaAssociationforScienceandTechnology
HewasalsoelectedalternatememberoftheNinththroughTwelfthCPCCentralCommittees
Qianplayedaleadingroleintheresearch,manufactureandtestingofcarrierrockets,guidedmissilesandsatellites,thusmakingo