His father, Why Tian, is one of the founders of Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong. His uncle is He Xian, the leader of Chinese in Macao, and his cousin is He Houhua, the chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region. 1950 graduated from Pei Zheng (Hongshe); 1956 Bachelor of Engineering Physics from Cornell University, USA; 1963 was employed as an assistant professor at Kansas state university; 1964 received a doctorate in hydraulic engineering from the University of Iowa; 1966 was employed as honorary director of Nanjing University and consultant professor of Beijing Institute of Technology; He is currently the director of Wellesley Company in Hong Kong, the vice chairman of Guangdong Peizheng College and the chairman of Hon Hai Investment Company. He cares about domestic education and enthusiastically supports the construction of Guangdong Peizheng College, and has donated nearly 10 million yuan for the construction of Peizheng College. 1February 5, 1995, 1995 was commended by the Guangzhou municipal government and awarded the title of "honorary citizen of Guangzhou".