BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China is planning to build a library honoring the country's "father of space technology" Qian Xuesen, who died on Oct. 31 at the age of 98.

    The library, which will be built at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where Qian once pursued his study, occupies an area of 7,000 square meters and is expected to have the most comprehensive collection of his works, according to the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Friday.

    The library, when completed, will serve as a base of patriotism education, the department said.

    To build the library is an important decision made by the CPC Central Committee to honor Qian's outstanding contributions and inspire people's awareness of hard work and pursuit of knowledge and creativity, the department said.

    The library will featu...

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