Mr. Mei Ziqiang is a famous textile engineering expert, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was born in Changzhou,  Jiangsu on April 26, 1929. In 1947, he entered the Department of Textile Engineering, Textile Faculty of Nantong University to study. He was the former Vice-chairman of China Textile Engineering Society, and President of China Textile Academy, Ministry of Textile Industry. In 1995, he was elected academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. He died of illness in Beijing on August 19, 2010.