Native place: Xiangluwan, Huilongshan, Huanggang County, Hubei Province Family: father Li Zhuohou, sister Li Xixian, wife Xu Shubin, daughter lin li (academician of China Academy of Sciences) Identity: a famous geologist in China.
Li Siguang was born in a poor family in Huanggang County, Hubei Province. He studied in a private school taught by his father Li Zhuohou since childhood. 14 years old, bid farewell to his parents and came to Wuchang alone to apply for higher primary schools. When filling in the registration form, he mistook the name column for the age column, wrote down the word "fourteen", then changed the word "ten" to "Li", followed by the word "light", and from then on he got the good name of "Li Siguang".
Li Siguang was entrusted with an important task, successively serving as Minister of Geology, Vice President of China Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the National Federation of Science and Technology, and Vice Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Although he is old, he is still fighting in the front line of scientific research and national construction, and has made great contributions to China's geology, oil exploration and construction. 1958, introduced by He Changgong and Zhang Jinfu, Li Siguang joined the producers' party of China, and became a fighter of * * * from a national Democrat. After 1960s, Li Siguang's health became worse and worse due to overwork, but he devoted himself to earthquake prediction, prediction and geothermal utilization with great enthusiasm and energy.