Li Zhao (military engineer)


Li Zhao was a Chinese engineer in the fields of mine blasting, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
He was a representative of the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Li was born in Wuji County, Hebei, on 3 February 1940, to Li Guanying, a textile expert, and Xue Hua, a housewife. He attended, and graduated from Harbin Military Academy of Engineering and the.
After university in 1964, Li was despatched to the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department, where he was promoted to major general in 1994.
On 24 January 2023, he died at the age of 82.

Honours and awards