1932, graduated from Peking University Preparatory College. 1936, graduated from Tsinghua University. 1939, Qian Sanqiang completed his doctoral thesis-collision between alpha particles and protons. 1946 won the Henry Bader prize for microphysics of the French Academy of Sciences at the end of the year. 1948, Professor of Physics Department of Tsinghua University, Vice President of China Academy of Sciences, President of Zhejiang University, Vice Chairman and Honorary Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology, Vice Chairman and Chairman of Chinese Physical Society. On July 24th, 1980, Professor Qian Sanqiang gave a lecture on "Introduction to the Development of Science and Technology" in Zhongnanhai.
1954 In February, Qian Sanqiang was appointed Secretary General of the Academic Secretariat of China Academy of Sciences. The first important task he grasped was to prepare the department. After repeated deliberation and discussion, he presided over the drafting of relevant documents of the organizing Committee. At the same time, he presided over the drafting of the temporary organization regulations for teachers.
After the establishment of various departments of the Academy of Sciences, they have played an active role in formulating national scientific development plans, strengthening academic leadership, uniting scientists inside and outside the Academy, and carrying out international academic exchanges, which have attracted the attention of domestic scientific circles and have certain influence internationally.
During the Cultural Revolution, the department was forced to stop all activities. After the "Cultural Revolution", Qian Sanqiang was appointed as a member of the party group and vice president of China Academy of Sciences, and immediately began to resume the work of the department.