Source: Li was born in Xinning (新宁, current
Taishan: 台山),
Guangdong Province in 1912. Li received
BEng in
civil engineering from
Zhijiang University (之江大学, also known as
Hangchow University, which later was merged into
Zhejiang University) in
Hangzhou,
Zhejiang Province. Li did his further studies in the United States. Li obtained
MSc from the
University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor in 1939. In 1941 Li obtained PhD from
Cornell University. Li went back to China after his study in the US, and was promoted to
associate professor at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and professor at
Fudan University in Shanghai. After 1949, Li was professor of civil engineering at Zhijiang University before the university was dissociated and merged into Zhejiang University. Li was transferred to professor of Zhejiang University, and was the
Chair of its Department of Civil Engineering. Li was former Vice-president of Zhejiang University. Li was the President of Hangzhou Institute of Engineering (). In Dec 1981, Li was pointed the President of the Zhejiang University of Technology, till Dec 1983. Li died in Hangzhou on 28 July 2008, at age of 96. ==References==