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In 1979 Qian was awarded Caltech's Distinguished Alumni Award.

In the early 1990s the filing cabinets containing Qian's research work were offered to him by Caltech.

Most of these works became the foundation for the Qian Library at Xi ' an Jiaotong University while the rest went to the Institute of Mechanics.

Qian eventually received his award from Caltech, and with the help of his friend Frank Marble brought it to his home in a widely-covered ceremony.

Qian was also invited to visit the US by AIAA after the normalization of Sino-US relationship, but he refused the invitation, having wanted a formal apology for his detention.

In a 2002 published reminiscence, Marble stated that he believed that Qian had “ lost faith in the American government ” but that he had “ always had very warm feelings for the American people .”