Li Zaiping (Chinese: ???; 17 August 1925 – 30 May 2018) was a Chinese molecular biologist considered a pioneer in genetic science and engineering in China.
His research team was the first in China to sequence a virus genome.
He also utilized E.
coli to produce human EGF and GM-CSF, and identified the gene LPTS.
He was a professor at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.