Li Xianyu

Li Xianyu or Ri Hyon-ok (; ; born 26 April 1965) is a Chinese engineer and missile expert. She serves as the director of a research institute of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force Research Academy and holds the military rank of major general. She is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Early life and education Li was born into an ethnic Korean family in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province in 1965. Her father was an engineer and her mother an accountant.

Upon completing the 11th grade in 1982, she took the National College Entrance Examination a year early, and earned the highest marks in Heilongjiang province. She was admitted to Peking University, where she majored in radio physics. She obtained her bachelor's degree in 1986 and her master's in July 1990. In November 2019, she was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Personal life She is married and has a son.

Honours and awards November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)