Wang Qimin, former assistant general manager and deputy chief geological engineer of Daqing Oilfield Co in Heilongjiang province, passed away on Monday in Langfang, Hebei province, at the age of 87, according to a statement of the company on Friday. Wang Qimin Wang, an eminent member of the Communist Party of China, and recipient of the national honorary titles such as "Role Model for the People", "Most Beautiful Striver", "Pioneer of Reform" was known as "Iron Man of the New Era". Born in September 1937 in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, Wang embarked on his journey in petroleum industry in Daqing in 1961 after graduating from the Beijing Petroleum Institute, now known as China University of Petroleum.
From September 1961 to January 1978, he worked as a technician and geological engineer in the development department of Daqing Oilfield Research Institute. While "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi braved the Daqing Oilfield in the 1960s, his successor Wang Qimin paved the way for his peers to high and stable production and sustainable development of the oilfield. In the beginning, Wang faced several obstacles in his endeavor to develop the oilfields.
"The obstacles such as living in humble conditions and lacking research equipment need to be overcome," Wang told Heilongjiang Daily in an interview in 2019. "However, the theoretical gaps posed a significant challenge for the oilfield's scientific and technological workers." In the following decade, he and his colleagues collected and analyzed ove.