Xu Qinan (Chinese: 徐芑南; pinyin: Xú Qǐnán; born 4 March 1936) is a Chinese engineer and general designer of deep-sea research submersible Jiaolong.
Xu was born in Shanghai, on March 4, 1936, while his ancestral home is in Zhenhai District of Ningbo, Zhejiang.
[4] After graduating from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1958, he was assigned to the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
[5] He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering on December 19, 2013.
[6] Xu married Fang Zhifen (Chinese: 方之芬), their children and grandchildren live in the United States.