Madam Hu Qiheng (b 1934) is a Chinese computer scientist that led the National Computing and Networking Facility of China team to bring the Internet to China’s mainland. She was instrumental is allowing TCP/IP connection into China. Madam Hu was educated as an engineer in Moscow and then received a PhD in Technical Science. She was one of the earliest investigators in the field of pattern identification and artificial intelligence in China.
“A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Sail out to sea and do new things.” —Grace Hopper