Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2007, Professor Samuel S.-M. Sun is a distinguished agricultural biotechnology scientist whose research and professional work have focused on plant molecular biology, crop improvement, and the nutritional enhancement of food crops. Born in September 1942 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, he received his bachelor’s degree with honours from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1966, an honours degree and a master’s degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1968 and 1970, and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1974. Following postdoctoral research at Wisconsin, he held research and scientific leadership positions at the ARCO Plant Cell Research Institute in California from 1980 to 1987 and served as Professor at the University of Hawaii from 1987 to 1995. He returned to The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1996 as Chair Professor and Head of Biology, later directing the Centre for Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology under Hong Kong’s Areas of Excellence scheme and serving as Founding Director of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology. From 2009 to 2018, he was Founding Master of S. H. Ho College, and he is now Emeritus Professor of Biology at CUHK. A Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering since 2003, he has also held professorships or honorary appointments at universities and research institutions on the Chinese mainland and received the Friendship Award of the State Council of China and an Honorary Fellowship of CUHK.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2007, Professor Jack Chun-yiu Cheng is a Hong Kong orthopaedic surgeon whose clinical and research work has focused on paediatric orthopaedics, spinal deformity, tissue engineering, and biomaterials. Born in 1952, he received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Hong Kong in 1976 and his Doctor of Medicine from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1999. He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong and its teaching hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital, in 1983, subsequently serving as Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Associate Dean (Education) of the Faculty of Medicine, University Dean of Students, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Vice-President) from 2002 to 2012. He became Emeritus Professor upon his retirement in 2018 and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the University in 2023. He is currently Research Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at CUHK and Director of the CUHK–Nanjing University Joint Research Centre for Scoliosis. Since 2008, he has also served as academic leader of the Key Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education. He is a Fellow of several surgical and medical colleges, including the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Hong Kong College of Surgeons, the Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the American College of Surgeons. He has served as President of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association and the Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand, and has contributed to professional and regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and to national research programmes on biomedical materials. He is also a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, and serves on the editorial boards of international orthopaedic journals.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2006, Dr. Morris Chang is an electronics engineer and entrepreneur whose professional career has focused on semiconductor technology, engineering management, and the development of semiconductor manufacturing. Born in July 1931 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, he spent his early years in Hong Kong before moving to the United States in 1949. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1952 and 1953, respectively, and earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1964 while working at Texas Instruments. During nearly three decades at Texas Instruments, he held senior positions in the company’s semiconductor business and later served as President of General Instrument Corporation. In 1985 he returned to Taiwan as President of the Industrial Technology Research Institute. Two years later, he founded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), introducing a dedicated foundry model in which semiconductor manufacturers produce chips designed by independent companies. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TSMC and subsequently returned as Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2013, before retiring from executive responsibilities in 2018. He remains Founder of the company. A Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, he has received major international honours including the Robert N. Noyce Medal, the IEEE Medal of Honor, and the Kyoto Prize. His career has combined semiconductor research and engineering with corporate leadership and the development of institutions supporting advanced technology.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2006, Professor Minghua Zhang is a Chinese-American atmospheric scientist whose research and professional work have focused on climate modelling and global climate change, physical parameterisation in general circulation models, satellite remote sensing and data assimilation, and the dynamics of large-scale atmospheric waves. Born in February 1962 in Wujiang, Jiangsu Province, he studied atmospheric physics at Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, completing his bachelor’s degree in 1982 and master’s degree in 1984. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1987 under Academician Zeng Qingcun. After a period of research at the Institute, he moved to Stony Brook University in 1987, where he completed postdoctoral research in 1988–1990 and subsequently held academic positions from Assistant Professor to Professor. He served as Director of the Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, Associate Dean and Dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. He is currently Distinguished Professor of the State University of New York, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, a member of the US Department of Energy’s Advisory Committee on Biological and Environmental Research, and an Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University and the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. A Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, he shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the IPCC.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2006, Professor Yonghua Song is a distinguished Chinese electrical engineer whose research and professional work have focused on power systems, smart grids, energy systems, and electricity markets. Born in January 1964 in Bazhong, Sichuan Province, he received his B.Eng. from Chengdu University of Science and Technology, now Sichuan University, in 1984 and his Ph.D. from the China Electric Power Research Institute in 1989. From 1989 to 1991, he conducted postdoctoral research in electrical engineering at Tsinghua University before moving to the United Kingdom, where he held academic positions at the University of Bristol, the University of Bath, and Liverpool John Moores University. In 1997, he was appointed Professor of Power Systems at Brunel University and Royal Academy of Engineering/British Energy/Siemens Chair Professor. From 2004 to 2006, he served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Brunel University and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2004. In 2007, he became Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Liverpool, while also serving as Executive President of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. After returning to China in 2009, he served as Professor of Electrical Engineering and Assistant President of Tsinghua University and subsequently as Director of the National Office of the Recruitment Program of Global Experts. From 2012 to 2017, he served as Executive Vice President of Zhejiang University and Founding Dean of its International Campus. Since January 2018, he has served as the ninth Rector of the University of Macau, where he is also Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City. He was elected an IEEE Fellow in 2008 and an International Member of Academia Europaea in 2019. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Chin

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2006, Professor Chai Tianyou is a distinguished Chinese control engineer and an internationally recognised scholar of complex industrial process control, adaptive control, and intelligent manufacturing. Born in 1947, he received his B.S. in 1970, M.S. in 1975, and Ph.D. in 1985 from Northeastern University, formerly Northeast Institute of Technology, in Shenyang, China. He has pursued his academic career at the same institution, where he currently serves as Director of the State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries and Chairman of the University Academic Committee. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2003 and Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2006. His contributions to control engineering and industrial automation have been recognised through the National Natural Science Award (Second Prize), the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize), and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Science and Technology Progress, among other distinctions.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2006, Professor Nanning Zheng is a Chinese scientist in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and pattern recognition, whose work has focused on cognitive computing, intelligent systems, advanced computing architectures, and autonomous driving. Born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, in December 1952, he studied electrical engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University, where he graduated in 1975 and received a Master of Engineering in 1981. He subsequently earned a Doctor of Engineering from Keio University, Japan, in 1985 and returned to Xi’an Jiaotong University after postdoctoral research. In 1986, he co-founded the university’s Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, one of China’s early centres for AI research and postgraduate training. He served as Vice President and subsequently President of Xi’an Jiaotong University from 2003 to 2014, concurrently serving as Dean of its Graduate School. He is currently Professor and Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Director of the National Key Laboratory of Human-Machine Hybrid Augmented Intelligence, and Chairman of the National Engineering Laboratory for Visual Information Processing and Application. He has also held senior roles in national science and technology programmes, including Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Expert Committee for the Information Technology Field of the 863 Programme. He is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an IEEE Fellow, and has served in leadership roles in the Chinese Association of Automation and the International Association for Pattern Recognition. His honours include the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, the China Youth Scientist Award, and the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Outstanding Research Team Award.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2006, Professor Yong Chen is a distinguished Chinese energy and environmental engineer, with major contributions to the conversion and resource utilisation of organic solid waste and biomass. Born on 13 June 1957 in Nanjing, with ancestral roots in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, he received his B.Eng. from Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology, now Nanjing Tech University, in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan, in 1993. He was selected for the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Hundred Talents Programme in 1995 and subsequently developed a career combining research, scientific administration, and public policy. He has served as Director of the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS; Director of the South China Botanical Garden, CAS; President of the Guangzhou Branch, CAS; President of the Guangdong Academy of Sciences; and Deputy Secretary-General of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2013. He currently serves as a Standing Committee Member of the China Association for Science and Technology, Chairman of the Guangdong Association for Science and Technology, Chief Scientist for New Energy and Environmental Protection at the National Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd., and Chief Scientist of the Urban-Rural Mine Research Institute at Changzhou University. He also served as a Deputy to the Tenth and Eleventh National People’s Congress.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2005, Professor Mingzhe Chen is a distinguished Chinese cardiologist and a pioneer in the development of laser medicine. Born in May 1935 in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, he received his M.D. from Beijing Medical College, now Peking University Health Science Center, in 1959 and began his clinical career at the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical College, progressing from resident physician to Chief Physician, Deputy Director of Internal Medicine, and subsequently Professor and Chief Physician in 1987. From 1989 to 1993, he served as Vice President of the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University and, from 1993 to 1996, as its President. In 1979, he undertook advanced training in the United States, serving as a Research Fellow and Visiting Professor at the Western Heart Institute and as Deputy Director of the Oakland Laser Institute, where he also obtained an American M.D. degree. In 2001, he was appointed Vice Dean of the School of Medicine at Tsinghua University and, in 2003, became President of the First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University, a position he held until his retirement.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2005, Professor Xin Liu is a distinguished Chinese biologist whose research and professional work have focused on microbial pharmaceutical engineering, functional food science, and advanced food manufacturing technology. He currently serves as Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Director of the Engineering Research Center of Food and Health of the Ministry of Education, and Director of the Institute of Food and Health, Sun Yat-sen University. He has also served as a member of the Ninth Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and of the 11th and 12th National Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. His professional service has included work as an expert for the National Development and Reform Commission High-Tech Industrialisation Special Project Review Expert Group, the Ministry of Science and Technology Science and Technology Evaluation Center Expert Group, the National Natural Science Foundation of China review system, the State Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Expert Group, and the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Department Major Project Review Expert Group. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Functional Food Branch of the Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology, Secretary-General of its Expert Committee, and a member of the editorial boards of journals including the Journal of Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology, Food Industry Science and Technology, and Food and Biotechnology.