Huang Wanli was born in Chuansha County, Jiangsu on 20 August 1911, the fourth of nine children of Huang Wanli Yanpei and Wang Jiusi.
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Huang Wanli entered Tangshan Jiaotong University in 1927 and graduated in 1932.
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Huang Wanli received a master's degree from Cornell University in hydrology in 1935 and a doctor of engineering degree from University of Illinois in 1937.
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In 1945, Huang Wanli became an engineer in China's Ministry of Water Resources.
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Huang Wanli was the chief engineer and head of the Gansu Water Conservancy Bureau from 1947 till April 1949.
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Huang Wanli was an adviser of Northeast China Water Conservancy Administration in September 1949.
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Huang Wanli taught at Tangshan Jiaotong University starting in June 1950, and he was transferred to Tsinghua University in 1953.
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In 1957, Huang Wanli was labeled a "Rightist" and persecuted by Mao Zedong for his criticism of the Sanmenxia Dam on the Yellow River.
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Huang Wanli was exonerated by the Tsinghua University Communist Party Committee on February 26,1980.
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Huang Wanli was buried on April 5,2021 with his wife, Ding Yujun, at Fenghuangshan Cemetery, Area 10 Row 8 number 12, Changping District, Beijing, China.
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Huang Wanli was married to Ding Yujun, daughter of Ding Weifen, a founding father of Kuomintang.