Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Yingxian Sun is a distinguished Chinese cardiologist whose research and professional work have focused on cardiovascular disease, cardiac electrophysiology, arrhythmia, and cardiac pacing. Born on 21 January 1962 in Xinmin, Liaoning Province, he undertook joint postgraduate training at Peking University First Hospital in 1993. From October 1999 to November 2001, he conducted research in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing at the Heart Rhythm Institute, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oklahoma State University, USA. In 2002, he was appointed Director of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, where he currently serves as Professor, Chief Physician, and Doctoral Supervisor.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Yong Shi is a distinguished Chinese data scientist whose research and professional work have focused on big data mining, virtual economics, and knowledge management. Born in August 1956 in Xiangxi, Hunan Province, he received his B.S. in Mathematics from Southwest Petroleum University in 1982, pursued MBA studies at the China Science and Technology Management Training Center of Dalian University of Technology in 1983, and earned his Ph.D. in Management Science and Computer Systems from the University of Kansas, USA, in 1991. From 1991 to 2004, he held successive academic positions at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, progressing from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor and later serving as Charles W. and Margre H. Durham Distinguished Professor of Information Science and Technology and Director of the Data Mining Laboratory. After returning to China in 2004, he served as Director of the CAS Center for Data Technology and Knowledge Economy Research (Preparatory) from 2004 to 2007, Executive Deputy Director of the CAS Research Center on Virtual Economy and Data Science from 2007 to 2013, and Director of the same centre from August 2014. He was elected a Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2015 and an Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016. In May 2016, he was appointed Counselor of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China and was reappointed in January 2022. He currently serves as Director of the CAS Key Laboratory of Big Data Mining and Knowledge Management and Director of the CAS Research Center on Virtual Economy and Data Science.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Chuanqi He is a distinguished Chinese scholar of modernisation theory whose research has contributed to comparative modernisation studies and national development strategy. Born in February 1962 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, he received his B.S. from Wuhan University in 1983. He subsequently served as a Trainee Researcher and Assistant Researcher at the Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), from 1983 to 1988, during which time he also received his M.S. from the same institute. From 1988 to 1993, he worked in the Bureau of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, CAS, where he rose to Deputy Division Chief. He then served as Second Secretary in the Science and Technology Section of the Chinese Embassy in the United States from 1993 to 1995. Upon returning to China, he became Division Chief of Planning in the Bureau of Planning and Finance, CAS, and subsequently served as Research Professor in the same bureau. From 2001 to 2016, he was Director and Research Professor at the Beijing Tongxiang Modernisation Strategy Research Center, while from 2002 to 2022 he served as Director and Research Professor at the China Center for Modernization Research, CAS.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Xiaojian Li is a distinguished Chinese economic geographer whose research and professional work have focused on regional development, enterprise location, and international investment. Born in August 1954 in Mengjin, Henan Province, he received his B.S. degree from the Department of Geography at Henan University in 1982 and began his academic career there, progressing from lecturer to associate professor in 1991 and professor through special promotion in 1993. From 1986, he pursued advanced studies at the Economic Research Institute of Nankai University and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Kansas, USA, in 1995. He taught at Pittsburg State University, USA, from 1995 to 1997 and served as a Research Fellow in the Department of Geography at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1997. In 1996, he was selected as a national-level candidate of the National Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talent Project. His academic and administrative appointments at Henan University included Director of the Department of Geography in 1994, Dean of the School of Environment and Planning in 1998, and Vice President in 2001. He subsequently served as President of Henan Institute of Finance in 2003 and President of Henan University of Economics and Law from 2010 to 2015. He was appointed Doctoral Supervisor at East China Normal University in 2000 and at Henan University in 2001. Professor Li currently serves as Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Henan University.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Huili Gong is a distinguished Chinese geospatial scientist whose research has made significant contributions to geographic information systems, remote sensing, and water-resource management. Born in September 1956, he received his B.S. in 1986, M.S. in 1993, and Ph.D. in 1996 from Changchun College of Geology, now the College of Environment, Jilin University, and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Remote Sensing, Peking University, from 1996 to 1998. He has been recognised as an Outstanding Core Teacher by the Ministry of Education and as a Beijing Top-Notch Innovative Talent. He currently serves as Director of the Key Laboratory of 3D Information Acquisition and Application of the Ministry of Education, Director of the Engineering Research Center of Spatial Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, and Director of the Environmental and Ecological Processes Division of the National Urban Environmental Pollution Control Engineering Technology Research Center. His academic and professional service has included membership of the Geography Discipline Review Group of the Sixth Session of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and the Teaching Guidance Committee for Geography Science Majors of Higher Education Institutions under the Ministry of Education. He has also served as Vice President of the Geographical Society of China and President of the Beijing Geographical Society.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Yue Gao is a distinguished Chinese military pharmacist and pharmacologist whose research has made significant contributions to the pharmacology, toxicology, and safety evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine. Born in December 1963 in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, she received her B.S. from Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1980–1985), her M.S. in Traditional Chinese Medicine Internal Medicine from Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, now Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in 1988, and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Military Medical Academy in 2004. She was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in November 2025. She currently serves as Director of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Laboratory at the Institute of Radiation and Radiation Medicine, Academy of Military Medical Sciences; Director of the Key Laboratory of Military Special-Need Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Drug Research; and Director of the Military Special Environment Intelligent Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Laboratory. She is also Chief Scientist of the National Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance and Innovation “Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand” Talent Project (Qi Huang Project) and Leader of the National Traditional Chinese Medicine Cross-Innovation Team. A recipient of the State Council Special Allowance, she was honoured as a Qi Huang Scholar in 2018 and received the National Outstanding Contribution Award in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Wenying Zhuang is a Chinese mycologist whose career has focused on fungal diversity, the systematics and phylogeny of the Ascomycota, fungal resource discovery, and the development of mycological research and education in China. Born in July 1948 in Beijing, with ancestral roots in Minhou, Fujian Province, she worked as an educated youth in Shanxi from 1968 to 1973 before studying plant protection at Shanxi Agricultural College, where she graduated in 1975 and subsequently taught. In 1978 she entered the first cohort of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing to study mycology under Professor Yu Yongnian, receiving her master’s degree in 1981 and joining the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She undertook doctoral research at Cornell University from 1985 to 1987 and returned to the Institute thereafter. She has served as Director of its Open Research Laboratory of Systematic Mycology and Lichenology and is now Research Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at its State Key Laboratory of Mycology. She also serves as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Cryptogamic Flora of China, Editor of the third edition of the Encyclopaedia of China (Biology), and Chairman of the Chinese Consortium of Mycological Herbaria. A member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2009 and of The World Academy of Sciences since 2010, she was the first Chinese scholar elected an Honorary Member of the Mycological Society of America and served three terms on the Executive Committee of the International Mycological Association. She has also served as Executive Vice President of the Mycological Society of China.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Naisheng Li is a distinguished Chinese marine geologist whose research and professional work have focused on marine geology, marine geophysics, and deep-sea exploration. Born in July 1957 in Shouguang, Shandong Province, he received his B.S. from Shandong College of Oceanography (now Ocean University of China) in 1982 and his M.S. from the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in 1985. He pursued doctoral studies at Texas A&M University, USA, in 1993 before returning to the Institute of Oceanology, CAS, where he subsequently became Research Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. From 1999 onward, he held a series of senior science and technology administration positions, including Deputy Director-General of the Shandong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, President of the Shandong Marine Engineering Research Institute, and Director of the Qingdao National Marine Science Research Center. He currently serves as President of the Qingdao Association for Senior Scientists and Technologists, Vice Chairman of the Expert Committee of the China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and Chairman of the Marine Professional Committee. His honours include the CAS Young Scientist Award (1991), the First China Youth Scientist Award (1993), and selection as a national-level candidate of the first batch of the Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talent Project in 1995.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Liguo Zhu is a Chinese physician and researcher in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) orthopaedics and traumatology whose clinical and research work has focused on the standardisation and evidence-based evaluation of TCM manipulation, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative disorders of the bones and joints, particularly spinal diseases. Born in 1961, he received his bachelor’s degree from Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1984 and his Doctor of Medicine from Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2011. He trained at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and subsequently served at Wangjing Hospital of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, where he was Director of the Department of Spine, Vice President for Medical Affairs, and President. He is currently Chief Researcher, Chief Physician, Professor, and Doctoral and Postdoctoral Supervisor at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Director of the National Centre of TCM Sports Medicine, and Director of the Beijing Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Elected Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2023, he is also a Qihuang Scholar and an academic successor of the bone-setting tradition of Professor Sun Shuchun. He has served in leadership positions in the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and the China Association of Chinese Medicine and is Editor-in-Chief of China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. His honours include the titles of National Advanced Worker, National Model of Medical Ethics, the Wu Jieping Medical Innovation Prize, and the State Council Special Allowance. His career has combined clinical orthopaedics, research and modernisation of TCM manipulation, medical education, and disaster-relief medicine.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2016, Professor Chuanglin Fang is a distinguished Chinese urban geographer whose research has made significant contributions to urban agglomeration development, urbanisation, and the resource and environmental effects of urban growth. Born in September 1966 in Qingyang, Gansu Province, he received his B.S. in Geography from Northwest Normal University in 1987 and his Ph.D. from the Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the State Planning Commission in June 1998. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Peking University. In May 2000, he joined the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, where he currently serves as Second-Level Research Professor. He was appointed Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor by the Ministry of Education in 2015, selected as a Leading Talent under the National Ten Thousand Talents Programme in 2017, and is a recipient of the State Council Special Allowance. His academic career has combined fundamental research in urban geography with national strategic studies on urbanisation and regional development.