SHANGHAI, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Comrade Liu Xila, a close friend of the Communist Party of China, an outstanding representative of non-party personages, a member of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a chair professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, passed away in Shanghai on December 21, 2023, at the age of 83.
During Comrade Liu Xila's serious illness and after his death, the leading comrades concerned expressed their condolences and condolences in different ways.
Liu Xila, a native of Qingzhou, Shandong, was born in Chongqing in January 1940. From 1957 to 1968, he studied at the Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University. From 1968 to 1981, he served as a technician and engineer at Sichuan Institute of Building Research. From 1981 to 1985, he studied at the Department of Civil Engineering, Purdue University. From 1986 to 1998, he successively served as a lecturer, associate professor, professor, doctoral supervisor and head of the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University. Since 1998, he has successively served as a professor, doctoral supervisor, deputy dean, dean of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, and a professor of the Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University.
Comrade Liu Xila is a well-known civil engineering expert and engineering education expert in China, and a member of the 8th and 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He has been awarded the title of "Returned Overseas Students with Outstanding Contributions" by the State Education Commission and the Ministry of Personnel, and won the National Science Conference Award, the Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of the State Education Commission, and other awards. Enjoy *** special allowances.
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