Li Zhengming

Li Zhengming (; 2 January 1931 – 4 October 2021) was a Chinese engineer who was a professor at Nankai University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography Li was born into an intellectual family in Shanghai, on 2 January 1931, during Republic of China. His grandfather Li Weige was an industrialist and educated in the United Kingdom. His father Li Zhongdao graduated from the University of Michigan and his mother graduated from the University of Illinois, both were professors at Soochow University and then Fudan University.

On 4 October 2021, he died from an illness in Tianjin, aged 90.

Honours and awards 1987 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) 1990 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) 1991 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) 1992 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) 1993 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) 1994 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class) 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) 2007 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class)