Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2011, Professor Jingyun Fang is a distinguished Chinese ecologist and educator whose research has made significant contributions to terrestrial ecosystem ecology, carbon cycling, and vegetation science. Born in July 1959 in Huaining, Anhui Province, he received his Ph.D. and has pursued his academic career at Peking University, where he currently serves as Professor. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005 and is also a Foreign Member of Academia Europaea and a Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). His scientific contributions have been recognised through the National Natural Science Award (Second Prize, 2004), the Changjiang Scholar Achievement Award (2006), and the Distinguished Ecologist Award of the Ecological Society of America (2019). He received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 1994 and has subsequently led an Innovative Research Group project and a Basic Science Center project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Through his academic career, he has combined ecological field research with quantitative approaches to understanding terrestrial ecosystems and their responses to environmental change.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2011, Professor Qi Wang is a distinguished Chinese physician and researcher in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) whose professional work has focused on TCM basic theory, TCM constitution science, and related areas of clinical medicine. Born in February 1943 in Gaoyou, Jiangsu Province, he was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019. He is a recipient of the State Council Special Allowance and was selected as one of the 500 Famous Veteran TCM Doctors of China. He currently serves as Doctoral Supervisor, Member of the University Academic Committee, and Director of the Research Center for TCM Constitution and Reproductive Medicine at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. He is also Academic Leader of the National Key Discipline of TCM Basic Theory, Chief Scientist of the National 973 Programme project Research on TCM Original Thinking and Health State Identification Method System, and Director of the Key Laboratory of TCM Constitution Identification of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. His academic career has encompassed TCM theory, clinical research, postgraduate education, and the development of research platforms in traditional medicine.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2010, Professor Xinli Zhao is a Chinese scholar whose career has focused on science and technology policy, information management, international scientific and technological cooperation, and think-tank research. Born in 1961, he received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in aeronautical and astronautical manufacturing engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, followed by postdoctoral research in automatic control systems engineering at Tsinghua University. From 2001 to 2006, he served as Executive Deputy Director of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, where he established a postdoctoral programme in library, information and archives management and helped develop graduate education in the field. During this period, he was also responsible for the National Science and Technology Library and led the construction of a national engineering and technology library. He subsequently served as Deputy Director of the China Science and Technology Exchange Centre of the Ministry of Science and Technology and, from 2010 to 2014, as Science and Technology Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations, where he was responsible for science, technology and innovation affairs and maintained cooperation with international organisations including the United Nations University, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and UNESCO. He returned to the China Science and Technology Exchange Centre in 2014 and concurrently served in the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Office for the Introduction of Overseas Expertise. He is now a Second-Level Professional Technical Expert of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Secretary-General of the IEAS China Science Center, and a Government Adviser of Fujian Province. His career has combined information-resource development, international sc

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2010, Professor Yisheng Shao is a distinguished Chinese water systems scientist and urban development specialist whose research and professional work have focused on water resources, water environments, and urban water security. Born in January 1958 in Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province, he received his M.S. from Peking University in 1983 and subsequently pursued doctoral studies while working. In October 1999, he was appointed Director of the Urban Geographic Information Systems Engineering Technology Research Center of the Ministry of Construction. From September 2013, he served as Party Secretary and Vice President of the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design. He currently serves as Research Professor at the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2010, Professor Xubin Zeng is a distinguished Chinese-American atmospheric scientist whose research and professional work have focused on land–atmosphere–ocean interactions, weather and climate modelling, hydrometeorology, remote sensing, and nonlinear dynamics. Born in 1963, he received his B.S. in atmospheric physics from Nanjing University in 1984, his M.S. in meteorology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1987, and his Ph.D. in atmospheric science from Colorado State University in 1992. Following postdoctoral research with the UCAR Climate System Modelling Project, he joined the University of Arizona in 1994 and subsequently served as Professor and Agnese N. Haury Chair in Environment. He is currently Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Founding Director of the Climate Dynamics and Hydrometeorology Collaborative at the University of Arizona. He is also affiliated with interdisciplinary programmes in applied mathematics, global change, and remote sensing and spatial analysis. A Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Geophysical Union, he has received the National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award, the Charles Franklin Brooks Award, and the Bert Bolin Award and Lecture of the American Geophysical Union. He has served in leadership and advisory roles for the World Climate Research Programme, the US Department of Energy, NASA, NOAA, and the US National Academies, contributing to international research coordination in atmospheric and Earth system sciences.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2010, Professor Huadong Guo is a distinguished Chinese remote sensing scientist whose research has made significant contributions to space Earth information science, digital Earth, and radar remote sensing. Born in 1950, he graduated from the Department of Geology at Nanjing University in 1977. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and is also a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, as well as a Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He currently serves as Director of the Academic Committee of the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), where he is also Research Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. His international academic service includes the Presidency of the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE), membership of the 10-Member Group of the United Nations Technology Facilitation Mechanism for the Sustainable Development Goals, and directorship of the UNESCO International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage. He is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme and President of the Digital Belt and Road (DBAR) International Science Programme. Previously, he served as Chair of the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) of the International Science Council. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Digital Earth and Big Earth Data.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2010, Professor Xuelong Li is a distinguished Chinese computer vision scientist whose research and professional work have focused on artificial intelligence, optoelectronics, and intelligent imaging systems. Born in 1976, he enrolled at the University of Science and Technology of China in 1994. Professor Li currently serves as Professor, Dean, and Chief Scientist of the Institute of Optoelectronics and Intelligence (iOPEN) at Northwestern Polytechnical University. Previously, he served as Research Professor at the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Director of the Center for OPTical IMagery Analysis and Learning (OPTIMAL), Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, and Deputy Director of the CAS Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging Technology.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2010, Professor Zuye Zou is a Chinese expert in metal physics, science and technology management, and science and technology strategy. Born in 1939, he was trained in metal physics and conducted research in the physics of metals and materials before turning, during China’s reform and opening up, to the management and strategic study of science and technology. He served as Director of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, where he was involved in the development of science and technology policies and programmes during a period of significant institutional reform. He subsequently served as President of the Fourth Council of the Chinese Association for Science of Science and Science and Technology Policy, a national academic organisation devoted to the study of science policy, scientific management, and innovation strategy. He is currently Professor and Dean of the Institute of International Project Management at Mundell International University of Entrepreneurship and Vice Chairman of the Division of Science and Technology Development Strategy of the IEAS China Science Center. His professional career has combined research in materials physics with science and technology administration, policy studies, and the education of professionals in technology management.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2008, Professor Nanming Zhao is a Chinese biophysicist whose career has combined research in membrane biophysics with institution building in life sciences and medical education at Tsinghua University. Born in Kaihua County, Zhejiang Province, in 1939, he entered the Department of Engineering Physics at Tsinghua University in 1956 and graduated in 1962. In 1978, he was among the first group of Chinese visiting scholars sent to the United States after the beginning of China’s reform and opening up. His study at Georgetown University and the University of California, Berkeley, led him to retrain in biophysics at the University of California, Irvine. Returning to Tsinghua in 1981, he joined efforts to rebuild the university’s biology programme and subsequently served as Executive Deputy Head and Head of the Department of Biology. He was appointed Professor in 1985 and Doctoral Supervisor in 1987, and served as Director of the State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology from 1991 to 1997. He also held visiting professorships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and Osaka University. In 1994, he founded the Tsinghua Institute of Life Science and Bioengineering and served as its Director until 2003. Following the establishment of Tsinghua’s School of Medicine in 2001, he served as Executive Vice Dean and subsequently as Director of its Institute of Life Science and Medicine. He was President of the Biophysical Society of China from 1998 to 2006 and served on the Council of the International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics. His honours include national awards for scientific and technological contributions, the Outstanding Contribution Award of Tsinghua University, and the Bei Shizhang Prize of the Biophysical Society of China.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2008, Professor Hsin-Kang Chang is a biomedical engineer whose research and professional work have focused on applied respiratory physiology, biomedical and physiological sciences, and the application of engineering principles to medicine. Born in July 1940 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, he received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1962 and his master’s degree in structural engineering from Stanford University in 1964 before turning to biomedical engineering and earning his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1969. He subsequently held academic positions at universities in the United States and Canada, including McGill University and the University of Southern California, where he served as Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering from 1985 to 1990. He was President of the Biomedical Engineering Society of the United States from 1988 to 1989. In 1990 he returned to Hong Kong as Founding Dean of the School of Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, serving until 1994, and later served as Dean of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1996 to 2007 he was President and University Professor of the City University of Hong Kong and is now Emeritus Professor. He has also held honorary and visiting professorships at universities in mainland China. His public service in Hong Kong included appointments to the Cultural and Heritage Commission, the Council of Advisors on Innovation and Technology, and the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission. A Foreign Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, he was appointed a Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, and received the Gold Bauhinia Star of the Hong Kong SAR Government.