Qi Zhaochang (1880–1956, ) was a Chinese architect and artist from Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Biography.
Faced with familial decline and adversity, Qi obtained financial assistance from the Christian Church at a young age and graduated from the Zhijiang University by working as a daily bell-ringer. Subsequently, Qi traveled to the United States to continue his education, earning a master's degree in civil engineering from Ohio State University. Upon returning to China, Qi worked as an engineer at the Jiangxi Guling Engineering Bureau. After completing the design of St. Paul's Church, Nanjing, he left his position at the Presbyterian Architectural Office in northern Shanghai and joined the Engineering Office of Jinling University, where he served as both an engineer and a professor of agricultural engineering. 
During the 1920s, Qi was responsible for the engineering and construction of the North Building and the design and construction of the West Building at Jinling University. His contributions also included work on the Science and Technology Museum, Gymnasium, and several student dormitories (Buildings A, B, C, and D), as well as faculty housing. In addition, he was involved in the design and supervision of other significant structures, such as the , Ginling College, and Nanjing Zhonghua High School.
Following the September 18th Incident and Japan's annexation of Northeast China, anti-Japanese sentiment grew in the region. In September 1934, a steel-framed flagpole was erected at the Japanese Embassy in China, adjacent to Jinling University, and reached the height of the university's North Building. The daily visibility of the Japanese flag was a source of discontent among the university's faculty and students. In early October, a group of 30 students proposed the construction of a taller flagpole to express national pride. With the university's support, a new steel flagpole was constructed, designed by Qi Zhaochang. Completed in August 1935, the flagpole measured over forty meters in height, with the Chinese national flag extending more than three meters above the North Building and rising higher than the adjacent Japanese flag. The initiative was widely supported by the Jinling University community.
Following the onset of the Battle of Shanghai, Jinling University was compelled to relocate westward. To safeguard the university's assets, Qi remained in Nanjing alongside approximately 30 other Chinese and Western faculty members. In December 1937, he became a member of the Emergency Committee of Jinling University, concurrently serving as the head of the third district of the Nanjing Safety Zone and as a member of the Housing Committee. 
During the Nanjing Massacre, a refugee shelter was established on the university campus, and Qi was appointed director of the shelter located in one of the dormitories, which accommodated over 30,000 refugees. Despite its designation as part of the Safety Zone, the shelter was repeatedly entered by Japanese soldiers, who were armed and reportedly detained Chinese soldiers and policemen, and abducted women, with reports of sexual violence. Residential buildings and stores on campus were looted, and in some cases, set on fire. 
As director of the Refugee Shelter, Qi faced personal risk. On one occasion, when Japanese troops reportedly intended to execute him, Charles Riggs, a professor in the Department of Agronomy at Jinling University, intervened and prevented the killing.
In 1942, after the Japanese army occupied the Jinling University campus, Qi Zhaocang and other staff relocated to adjacent to Huiwen College, which was renamed "Tonglun Middle School" (now Jinling High School). Qi Zhaocang served as general administrator, helping to maintain educational activities for out-of-school youth and supporting the faculty in sustaining operations.
Following Japan's surrender in 1945, Qi continued his work at the university. In 1952, during the national reorganization of higher education institutions, Jinling University was merged with other colleges to form the new Nanjing University, where Qi was appointed director of the Public Works Department. He died of cancer at Gulou Hospital in 1956.
Family.
His youngest son, Qi Kang, emerged as a distinguished contemporary architect and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in architecture, overseeing the design of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders Phase I and II, Yuhuatai Memorial Park of Revolutionary Martyrs, Former Residence of Zhou Enlai in Huaian, and Henan Museum.