Hu Zhenghuan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Xiaogan, Hubei Province. He was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province in 1934 and graduated from the Metallurgical Machinery Department of Beijing Steel Institute in 1957.
Hu joined the teaching staff of the Beijing Steel Institute in 1957, the same year he graduated from it. He served as chief of the Spare Part Rolling Research Center and was the standing director and deputy president of the National Forging Society. A member of the Beijing CPPCC, Hu's scientific research has been recognized in the Collection of Important Results of the People's Republic of China.
Hu was elected as an academician of the Carrying Engineering Department of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.