Li was born in Luchuan County, Guangxi, on October 30, 1932.[2] In 1951, he was admitted to Wuhan University. In 1953, as the first group of students selected by new China to study in the Soviet Union, he was selected to study in the Soviet Union for five years and received a master's degree in economics from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.[2] He returned to China in 1958 and that same year became a technician in Hebei Provincial Planning Commission. One year later, he was transferred to the State Planning Commission [zh]. In 1963, he participated in the preparation for the establishment of Beijing Institute of Economics and worked at the institute until 1971. He worked at the State Infrastructure Commission [zh] and Building Materials Industry Ministry [zh] from 1971 to 1985. In 1985, he was appointed director of the Institute of Quantitative Economy and Technical Economy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In 1999, he became dean of the School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology. On March 31, 2021, he died of illness in Beijing, aged 88.[2][3]
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^ abcZhao Xi (赵熹), ed. (March 31, 202). 著名经济学家、中国工程院院士李京文逝世 [Famous economist and academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering Li Jingwen passes away]. bjnews.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved April 4, 2021.
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