Li Qingzhong

Li Qingzhong (; 10 October 1930 – 26 December 2022) was a Chinese petroleum geophysical exploration engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography Li was born in Kunshan County (now Kunshan), Jiangsu, on 10 October 1930. Both His grandfather Li Peiqing and father Li Junmei were traditional Chinese medicine doctors. He had nine siblings. In November 1937, to avoid the war, his family moved into the French Concession in Shanghai, where he attended the Middle School Affiliated to Aurora University and Gezhi High School . In 1949, he was admitted to Tsinghua University. He studied in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the beginning, but switched to the Department of Physics later.

After graduating in 1952, Li became an intern of the State Administration of Petroleum of the Ministry of Fuel (Beijing).

Honours and awards 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)