Li Xiaowen (Chinese: 李小文; pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎowén; 2 March 1947 – 10 January 2015) was a Chinese scientist and professor at Beijing Normal University.
[1][2][3] Li was born in Zigong, Sichuan, on March 2, 1947, with his ancestral home in Guichi District of Chizhou, Anhui.
After the Cultural Revolution, he went to United States of America to study at University of California, Santa Barbara, he earned a master's degree in geography and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
He was named a Changjiang Scholar by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
[4] Li and his wife, Mrs Wu, had two daughters, who live in the United States.