Obituary: Prof. LI Shirong 1957 - 2017
Sunday, 19 February 2017Prof. Li Shirong ζδΈθ, former Deputy Director General of COFTEC, former Deputy Head of Shapingba District, the first female and first international president in the 175 year history of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Professor of Chongqing University, PHD from University of Reading, passed away at 3:50am on 15th Feb 2017 after years-long struggle with cancer. She was 59.
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| Funeral at Room 305, Shi Qiaopu Funeral Parlor |
Born in Nov 1957, Prof. Li obtained her Bachelor Degree in civil engineering from Chongqing Architecture University in 1982, a Master Degree in architecture management in 1987. She successfully obtained her PHD in construction economics and management from the University of Reading in the UK in 1998, and became the 106th President of the CIOB in June 2009 for her remarkable achievement in professional sector.
Prof. Li took part in the College Entrance Exam in 1977. Unlike the other girls who selected accounting, management or medicine, she chose civil engineering because her father was a successful civil engineer. After graduation she became a lecturer at her alma mater. From 1993 she started to study abroad, first in Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, then in University of Reading, UK, followed Professor Roger Flanagan for PHD research.
I had a lot of pressure from homesickness and heavy research works. In addition to my doctoral thesis, I had to work with Prof. Roger Flanagan to complete a comparative study on the Sino-British construction industry. There was no time to go out to work for money. Because there is no additional source of income, I can only try to save money, to minimise my living cost. -- Prof. Shirong Li
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| CIOB former Chairman Keith wearing the Chairman medal for Prof. Li |
On behalf of CBBC Office I extended our deepest condolences to the Municipal Commerce Commission and her family on Wednesday morning. Carma Elliot CMG OBE, China Director of British Council, Culture and Education Minister at British Embassy Beijing, former Consul-General in Chongqing, expressed her mourning in a letter to her family on the afternoon. Also the British Consulate General and Welsh Government Office sent wreath at her funeral on 16th at Room 305, Shi Qiaopu Funeral Parlor. She was buried on the morning of 17th.
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| Message from Carma Elliot CMG OBE |
Mr. Stephen Phillips, the CEO of CBBC, as well as other colleagues who had connection with Prof. Li before expressed their condolences via email messages.
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| Message from CBBC Chairman Stephen Phillips |
Prof. Li Shirong will not only be remembered for her veteran contribution to the construction industry, remarkable experience in public governance and decades of endeavor in the front line of Sino-UK exchange & cooperation, but also for her courage to break up the glass ceiling between genders and dedication to serve interests of the people. R.I.P.
Further read: In Memory of Professor Li Shirong by Professor K W Chau, Head & Chair Professor of Department of Real Estate and Construction, University of Hong Kong
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