Li Ping (; 20 March 1924 – 10 September 2019) was a Chinese geologist and earthquake engineer. He was an academician of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences a ...

Biography

Li Ping was born on 20 March 1924 in

Dawu County, Hubei Dawu County () is a county of northeastern Hubei, People's Republic of China, bordering the prefecture-level city of Xinyang in Henan province to the north. It is under the administration of Xiaogan City. Administrative divisions Dawu County comp ...

, Republic of China. He entered

National Central University National Central University (; abbreviated NCU; ) is a public research university based in Taiwan. It was founded in 1902 in Nanjing; initially located in Miaoli after moving to Taiwan, it relocated to Zhongli in 1962 and developed into a com ...

in 1943, and became a faculty member after graduating in 1947. In 1954, Li was transferred to teach at Harbin Institute of Military Engineering. After 1959, he worked at the Institute of Geology of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

, which later became part of the

China Earthquake Administration The China Earthquake Administration (CEA; ) is a public institution managed by the State Council at the deputy ministerial level in charge of national earthquake disaster reduction work. It is currently managed by the Ministry of Emergency Managem ...

. He also taught as an

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and the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Li's research focus was earthquake engineering. He conducted earthquake risk analysis for many major projects, including the

Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam (), officially known as Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project () is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downs ...

, the

Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant Daya Nuclear Power Plant () is a nuclear power plant located in Daya Bay in Longgang District, along the eastern extremity of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; and to the north east of Hong Kong. Daya Bay has two 944 MWe PWR nuclear reactors base ...

, the

Ertan Dam The Ertan Dam () is an arch dam on the Yalong River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province, in southwest China. The dam has six hydroelectric generators, each with a generating capacity of 550 MW. The total generating capacity o ...

, and the

Danjiangkou Dam The Danjiangkou Dam () is a concrete gravity dam on the Han river near Danjiangkou in Hubei Province, China. The original dam was constructed between 1958 and 1973. The dam creates a large Danjiangkou Reservoir. In the 21st century, the Danjian ...

. He published over 50 academic papers, more than 10 monographs, and over 80 research reports. He won more than 10 national and ministerial science and technology awards. He was elected an academician of the

in 1999. Li died on 10 September 2019 in Beijing, aged 95.

References

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