This memorial website was created in memory of Leiping Wang.
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Leave a tribute(A classmate and friend at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1982-1986)
Gracious. Humble. Thoughtful. Intelligent. Patient. Hard-working. Intelligent. Generous. Kind.
Leiping you were all these things and more. A true role model. Without doubt you were one of China's finest sons.
I have often found myself speaking of you as one of the people I respect most. As one from whom I learned many things. You had the ability to communicate much with few words. You are greatly missed.
May you rest in peace, dear friend. Rest in peace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hASQH9EfQA"
I was Leiping's boss, although I often felt he should have been my boss, given his superior wisdom and experience.
"Rest peacefully, dear Leiping
I know it's been a long, long road
Just remember, you're spirit soul
Worldly pains, come and go
It's just a fading, passing show.
Rest peacefully, sweet soul
The Lord will protect you, He's in full control.
Rest peacefully, it's all part of His plan
Don't you be afraid, you're in His hands."
finished my assignement there, but still supporting the country program from Nepal.
We had extensive discussions on the country, the energy sector and its challenges as well as personal matters, such as relocation logistics, family visa status in DC, the Chinese community in Islamabad. I actually gave him a long list of Chinese restaurants hidden among the Islamabad neighbourhoods, and informed him about the health clubs and the tracking trails etc.
Leiping loved his family very much and family was one topic we talked about a lot, me explaining the family evacuation experiences after Marriot Hotel bombing and him explaining to me how he went about the challenge and the efforts he understook to overcome the G4 Visa issue when one's duty station changed. To him, family is always Number One.
Leiping was then all excited and eager to engage and start actions on the ground. He had lots of experiences in this sector and had already a good analysis of the energy situation and development strategy in Pakistan. He gave me a full doze of his thinking. He was quite committed and eager to take up the challenge. I explained to him the complexities, challenges and difficulties in Pakistan as well as within the Bank to engage in hydropower development on Indus, all from the social political side, which is my field, and let out my frustration and pessimism over the hydropower development in Pakistan. I really gave him an earful. His answer threw me off the chair. He said - I'm an engineer and I don't think these are big problems. I almost jumped from my chair. He then said - I take care of the engineering side and you take care of the social political problems. So there's a division of labour among the team and in that sense these are really not my problems. I then realized he was having fun of me. I can visualize him sitting there talking.
It is very sad and unfortunate that God didn't give him the time to complete what he has started. Otherwise he could have made a huge difference on the ground. We'll keep him in our heart and continue the mission he has started. May he rest in peace.
Leiping will be dearly missed.
May Leiping rest in peace!
His departure is really a great loss.
Leiping, may you rest in peace.
He was very valued by many people in multiple ways. I am terribly sorry about his loss. He will be greatly missed.
May he rest in peace. I wish his family patience and strength.
Pakistan energy team was fortunate to have a lead like Leiping who was very energetic, knowledgeable, and most of all a very nice person. We are going to miss him but our work will continue to benefit from the guidance he provided during his short stay with us. May his soul rest in peace, Aameen!
Rashid, Anjum, Abid and Saqib
Leiping, you were such a kind person and true gentlemen, we will all miss you! May you rest in peace!
Terrible news. He was an outstanding human being and an extremely capable professional. He fought well with a deadly disease. My prayers are with his family in this hour of grief
It is very very sad and shocking news. I worked with him very closely during the short time that he was in Pakistan. He was a great professional with a lot of energy, drive and knowledge. And a very nice person. May his soul rest in peace.
I am very saddened by this tragic loss of an outstanding colleague, professional and friend. We will all miss him, and pray for the departed soul.
Leiping devoted whole his life to his work and his family. Hope Leiping will have an easy life in another world.
Best wishes to his family!
Leiping, rest in peace. I will miss you very much.
I visited Leiping last weekend in Shady Groove Hospital. His wife reminded that I might not recognize him because of the treatment. Yes, his body was changed, but his mind and soul were not. He greeted us with his warm heart. He asked me how my kids are, how do I like my work in DC…This is Leiping I know. He always put other people first. I knew he was thinking about his family. Leiping, don’t you worry. Family will be proud knowing how great their father is.
His mind is always as sharp as it used to be. I remember Noureddine used to call him Professor Leiping. In his last days, during my visit, he asked me how is the progress of Upper Cisokan project in Indonesia, how is the result of election in Indonesia, and how is the Bank’s change process ☺.
Thank you Leiping…There is no words to describe how grateful we are as your colleague and your friend.
You are resting peacefully now. No more pain. God bless you and your lovely family.
May Leiping rest in peace.
My heartfelt condolences go to his wife and young family. Although, we are far apart in miles, if ever there is anything I can do please do not hesitate to call on me.
Barry
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(A classmate and friend at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1982-1986)
Posted for Stephen Wilson from ERM
Leiping, it was a great privilege to have known you, and to have worked with you. And tragic that you have been taken from your family and from the world so young.
Gracious. Humble. Thoughtful. Intelligent. Patient. Hard-working. Intelligent. Generous. Kind.
Leiping you were all these things and more. A true role model. Without doubt you were one of China's finest sons.
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I first met Leiping in Zhengzhou in Feb 1997, just after Deng Xiaoping had passed away.
Leiping was Deputy Director of the Beijing Economic Research Institute for water resources and electric power. Leiping was running the peak power consultancy body in the biggest country in the world in his 30s. I was a young consultant on my first trip to China.
Several years later I worked with Leiping in Hong Kong. He had completed his MBA at Cranfield and worked for a time in London. I persuaded him to come and work with me in Hong Kong in energy consulting.
At that time I learned of Leiping's spirit of service to society. How he had been chosen for an Air Force career, and would have been trained as a bomber pilot, but that he had told the authorities that he didn't want to learn to drop bombs to destroy things and kill people. Instead he wanted to help to build his country. And so he went to engineering school and became a power system planner. He was in the first university class in China to study western market economics.
Leiping told me he was the son of medical doctors. The youngest child and the only one whose education was not disrupted by the cultural revolution.
Leiping was there in June 1989, and lost some of his university friends. He didn't speak much about that, but it was clear that the heady idealism of youth had been quietly and thoughtfully channelled into quiet work of lasting benefit to others.
Through the World Bank, other countries throughout Asia were to benefit from Leiping's knowledge and wisdom and hard work.
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Leiping, I have often found myself speaking of you as one of the people I respect most. As one from whom I learned many things. You had the ability to communicate much with few words. You are greatly missed.
May you rest in peace, dear friend. Rest in peace.
A friend dearly missed
Leiping and I got to know each other when he joined the Bank over ten years ago. We didn't have much interaction then as I left DC soon for field assignments. We reconnected again when he joined South Asia in the Islamabad Office as the Lead Energy Specialist and when I just finished my assignement there, but still supporting the country program from Nepal.
We had extensive discussions on the country, the energy sector and its challenges as well as personal matters, such as relocation logistics, family visa status in DC, the Chinese community in Islamabad. I actually gave him a long list of Chinese restaurants hidden among the Islamabad neighbourhoods, and informed him about the health clubs and the tracking trails etc.
Leiping loved his family very much and family was one topic we talked about a lot, me explaining the family evacuation experiences after Marriot Hotel bombing and him explaining to me how he went about the challenge and the efforts he understook to overcome the G4 Visa issue when one's duty station changed. To him, family is always Number One.
Leiping was then all excited and eager to engage and start actions on the ground. He had lots of experiences in this sector and had already a good analysis of the energy situation and development strategy in Pakistan. He gave me a full doze of his thinking. He was quite committed and eager to take up the challenge. I explained to him the complexities, challenges and difficulties in Pakistan as well as within the Bank to engage in hydropower development on Indus, all from the social political side, which is my field, and let out my frustration and pessimism over the hydropower development in Pakistan. I really gave him an earful. His answer threw me off the chair. He said - I'm an engineer and I don't think these are big problems. I almost jumped from my chair. He then said - I take care of the engineering side and you take care of the social political problems. So there's a division of labour among the team and in that sense these are really not my problems. I then realized he was having fun of me. I can visualize him sitting there talking.
It is very sad and unfortunate that God didn't give him the time to complete what he has started. Otherwise he could have made a huge difference on the ground. We'll keep him in our heart and continue the mission he has started. May he rest in peace.
A wonderful colleague from Mohua Mukherjee
Dear Leiping,
It is hard for me to believe that you have left us. I think it was June 2012 when we had a SASDE Retreat in Nepal, outside of Kathmandu, in Nagarkot. I met you there for the first time and I will always remember and appreciate the few conversations that we shared during the sessions, and most especially the bus ride back and forth to Kathmandu.
At one point we were parked at the roadside and our driver was nowhere to be found, for a long time. I remember stepping out of the bus to look for him, bringing him back, and seeing your broad smile when you declared "I like this lady. She is a LEADER!!!" and we both laughed.
I dropped into your office a few times for brief chats, and we always used to say that we should have lunch to catch up on more things, particularly about how you were finding life in Islamabad, when you came back once. I used to travel to Yemen on mission in the earlier part of my career in the Bank, and you said you were interested to hear more about that. I wish we had not left it for later--at least one lunchtime chat with you would have been a wonderful memory for me now.
I really appreciated your kindness, your professionalism and your good spirit every time we interacted.
May you rest in peace, dear friend.
Mohua