Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in July 2014, Professor Jifa Gu is a distinguished Chinese systems scientist whose research has contributed significantly to the development of operations research, systems engineering, and systems methodology in China. Born on 2 October 1935 in Shanghai, with ancestral roots in Zhejiang Province, he enrolled in the Department of Mathematics at Fudan University in 1953 before transferring to the Computational Mathematics programme at Peking University, from which he graduated in 1957. He subsequently pursued graduate studies at the Leningrad Mathematical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1959 to 1963, earning his Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D.-equivalent) degree in Mathematical Sciences. Upon returning to China, he joined the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and in 1979 transferred to the newly established Institute of Systems Science, where he served as Deputy Director from 1988 to 1991. Following the integration of the institute into the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science in 1998, he continued his research there until his retirement in 2004. He currently serves as Research Professor at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science and Professor at the School of Economics and Management, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was elected Academician of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences in 2010 and Fellow of the same academy in 2012, serving as its Vice President from 2012 to 2021. He also served as President of the Systems Engineering Society of China from 1994 to 2002 and President of the International Federation for Systems Research from 2002 to 2005. In 2023, he received the Fudan Management Lifetime Achievement Award.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Runsheng Chen is a distinguished Chinese theoretical biologist and bioinformatician, with pioneering contributions to the development of non-coding RNA research in China. Born in 1941, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Science and Technology of China and has pursued his research career at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), where he currently serves as Research Professor. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007 and Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014. His contributions have been recognised through the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Science and Technology Progress in 2008, the Tan Jiazhen Life Science Achievement Award in 2012, and the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize) in 2013, as the first completer.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Xiangsun Zhang is a Chinese operations researcher whose career has focused on optimisation theory, operations research, decision support, and the application of mathematical methods to the life sciences. Born in Shanghai in 1943, he entered the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Science and Technology of China in 1960 and graduated in 1965. He subsequently joined the Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, serving as its Director from 1992 to 1998 and, following its integration into the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, as Executive Vice President from 1998 to 2003. He is now Research Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science and Director of its Bioinformatics Research Centre. He has also held senior positions in the Operations Research Society of China, including President from 1996 to 2004, and has served in leadership roles in the Chinese Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies, and the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). He was elected a Fellow of IFORS in 2021 and a Fellow of the Operations Research Society of China in 2022. His honours include the Chinese Academy of Sciences Award for Major Scientific and Technological Achievements, the National Natural Science Award, the IFORS Operational Research in Development Award, and national distinctions for scientific and professional contributions.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Fusuo Zhang is a distinguished Chinese plant nutritionist whose research and professional work have focused on plant nutrition, nutrient management, and the green development of agriculture. Born in October 1960 in Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province, he received his B.S. in soil agrochemistry from Northwest Agricultural College, now Northwest A&F University, in 1982, his M.S. from Beijing Agricultural University in 1985, and his Ph.D. from the University of Hohenheim in Germany in 1989, followed by postdoctoral research at Beijing Agricultural University. He has spent his academic career at China Agricultural University, where he served as Dean of the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences and has directed research institutions concerned with resources, environment, food security, and green agriculture. He has also chaired or served on international and national professional bodies in plant nutrition and agricultural science, including the International Plant Nutrition Council, and has participated in national agricultural policy and advisory work. Elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2017 and a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2018, he has received the TWAS Prize for Agricultural Science, the International Crop Nutrition Award, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, and the GCHERA World Agriculture Prize. His career has combined research in plant nutrition with agricultural extension, policy development, and the training of agricultural scientists.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Yongsheng Ma is a distinguished Chinese petroleum geologist whose research and professional work have focused on marine carbonate hydrocarbon geology, deep-basin gas systems, and exploration of large gas fields. Born in September 1961 in Tumed Left Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, he received his B.S. in Geology from Wuhan College of Geology (now China University of Geosciences) in 1984, his M.S. from the same institution in 1987, and his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in 1990. He was elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2009 and an Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014. He currently serves as Chief Geologist of China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec), a Member of the Science and Technology Committee of Sinopec, a Member of the Expert Review Group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and an Oil and Gas Reserves Assessor for the National Reserves Committee. Since April 2000, he has also served as Adjunct Professor at the School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University. Professor Ma began his professional career at China National Petroleum Corporation in 1990, serving as Director of the Comprehensive Research Office at the Tarim Petroleum Exploration Headquarters and Director of the Marine Carbonate Research Office at the Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development. In 1998, he joined Sinopec, where he subsequently held positions including Manager of the Southern Marine Oil and Gas Exploration Project Department, Chief Geologist, and General Manager of the Southern Exploration and Development Branch.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Dehao Yu is a distinguished Chinese computational mathematician whose research and professional work have focused on finite element and boundary element methods and the numerical solution of partial differential equations, particularly in unbounded domains. Born in April 1945 in Yin County, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, he studied Applied Mathematics at the University of Science and Technology of China from 1962 to 1967. After working in agricultural and industrial settings for a decade, he entered the Computing Centre of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1978 and became a graduate student of Academician Feng Kang, receiving his M.S. in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1984. He subsequently conducted research at the University of Maryland in the United States and the University of Stuttgart in Germany as a Humboldt Research Fellow. Returning to China in 1988, he was appointed Research Professor in 1990 and Doctoral Supervisor in 1993. He served as Deputy Director of the Institute of Computational Mathematics and Scientific/Engineering Computing, CAS, from 1995 to 2003, Vice President of the Chinese Society of Computational Mathematics from 2002 to 2006, and a member of the expert group and Deputy Chief Scientist of the 973 Programme project on Large-Scale Scientific Computing. He is currently Research Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS. His honours include a First Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Natural Science Award, recognition as a Doctoral Degree Holder with Outstanding Contributions and a National Middle-Aged and Young Expert with Outstanding Contributions, and the State Council Special Allowance.

Elected an Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS) in 2014, Professor Robert D. Bornstein is a pioneering American urban meteorologist whose work has played a defining role in the development of modern urban climate science. He received his B.S. in Meteorology from the City College of New York in 1964, followed by an M.S. in 1968 and a Ph.D. from New York University’s School of Engineering in 1972, where his doctoral research led to the seminal two-dimensional URBMET urban boundary-layer model. Joining San Jose State University’s Department of Meteorology in 1969, he has spent his academic career there and now serves as Professor Emeritus of Meteorology and Climate Science. His early work on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New York City Urban Air Pollution Dynamics Project established the foundation for his subsequent research into the physical meteorology of cities. A Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, he received the AMS Helmut E. Landsberg Award in 2008 and the Luke Howard Award from the International Association for Urban Climate in 2009 for lifetime achievements in urban climate research. He has also held visiting and research appointments at institutions including Stanford University, the University of Vienna, the University of Cambridge, the EU Joint Research Centre at Ispra, and the Institute for Urban Meteorology in Beijing, and has received three Fulbright Fellowships.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Chuanjie Guo is a distinguished Chinese polymer chemist, computational chemist, and science policy scholar whose career has combined research in chemical science with leadership in science administration and higher education. Born in China, he received his degree in Elemental Organic Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry at Wuhan University in 1967. He began his research career at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), where he worked from 1970 to 1987, progressing from research scientist to project team leader and laboratory head. From 1981 to 1983, he conducted visiting research at Cornell University in the United States. In 1987, he joined the CAS headquarters and subsequently held a series of senior positions, including Deputy Director of the Bureau of Science and Technology Policy, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Planning, and Director of the Academic Divisions Liaison Office, now the Bureau of Academicians. He later served as Deputy Secretary-General of CAS. From 1997 to 2005, he served as Deputy Secretary of the CAS Party Group, followed by his appointment from 2005 to 2008 as Secretary of the Party Group and Party Secretary of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), where he concurrently served as Chairman of the University Affairs Committee.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Zihe Rao is a distinguished Chinese molecular biophysicist and structural biologist whose research and professional work have focused on the structural biology of infectious disease pathogens, protein structure and function, and structure-based drug design. Born in September 1950 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, he graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1977, received his M.S. from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1982, and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 1989. From 1989 to 1996, he conducted postdoctoral and research work at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003, Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2004, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2015, Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2021, and Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022. He currently serves as a Member of the Presidium of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor at Tsinghua University and Nankai University, and as Honorary President of the Chinese Biophysical Society. He previously served as Director of the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 2003 to 2006, President of Nankai University from 2006 to 2011, and President of the International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) from 2014 to 2017, becoming the first Chinese scientist to hold the position.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Qingquan Li is a distinguished Chinese photogrammetrist and remote sensing scientist whose research has focused on intelligent transportation systems, mobile mapping, and precision engineering surveying. Born in January 1965 in Tianchang, Anhui Province, he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Department of Engineering Surveying at Wuhan College of Surveying and Mapping (now Wuhan University), and his Ph.D. in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping in 1998. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2023. Professor Li has spent much of his academic career at Wuhan University, where he progressed from teaching assistant to lecturer, associate professor, professor, and doctoral supervisor, and served as Vice President and Executive Vice President from 2000 to 2012. In July 2012, he was appointed President of Shenzhen University and has served concurrently as Party Secretary since 2020. He currently serves as First-Level Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Shenzhen University and as Vice Chairman of the Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He was selected as a national-level candidate of the National Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talent Project and the Ministry of Education New Century Talent Programme, and was appointed in 2016 as a member of the Earth Science and Resources Division of the Seventh Ministry of Education Science and Technology Committee. In 2018, he served as a Deputy to the 13th National People’s Congress.