Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Jian Song is a distinguished Chinese control theorist and systems engineer whose research and professional career have encompassed control theory, systems engineering, aerospace technology, and science and technology policy. Born on 29 December 1931 in Rongcheng, Shandong Province, he studied at the Shandong Eastern China District Party School Cadre School, Shandong Industrial Cadre School, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Beijing Foreign Languages Institute between 1948 and 1953. From 1953 to 1960, he pursued graduate studies at Moscow State Bauman Technical University in the USSR, subsequently holding research and leadership positions at the Fifth Research Academy of the Ministry of National Defense, the 26th Institute of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, and the Jiuquan National Defense Science and Technology Commission Base in Gansu. From 1978 to 1981, he served as Vice President of the Second Academy of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building. Between 1981 and 1984, he served as Research Professor and Director of the Beijing Institute of Information and Control, Chief Engineer and Vice Minister of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. From 1984 to 1986, he served as Minister and Party Secretary of the State Science and Technology Commission, and from 1986 to 1993 as State Councilor and concurrently Minister and Party Secretary of the State Science and Technology Commission. He was elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994. From 1998 to 2002, he served as President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and subsequently as Vice Chairman of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. In 2014, minor planet 210210 was officially name

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Lansun Shen is a distinguished Chinese electronic engineer whose research and professional work have focused on signal and information processing, weak-signal detection, spectral analysis, and image and video coding and transmission. Born in 1938, he graduated from Kaifeng Senior High School in 1956 and enrolled at Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, now Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, in the same year. He has undertaken academic visits and scientific collaborations in Japan, Canada, the United States, Germany, Russia, and other countries. He previously served as Chairman of the Department of Electronic Engineering and Vice Dean of the College of High Technology at the University of Science and Technology of China, and as Vice President of Beijing University of Technology. He currently serves as Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Beijing University of Technology and Director of its Signal and Information Processing Research Laboratory. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society for Weak Signal Detection, Senior Member of the IEEE, and Vice Chairman of the Beijing Natural Science Foundation.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Yongxiang Lu is a distinguished Chinese mechanical engineer whose research and professional work have focused on fluid power transmission and control. Born on 28 April 1942 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, he graduated from Zhejiang University in 1964 and received his Dr.-Ing. from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, in 1981. He was elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (then the Academic Divisions) in 1991, a Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and an Academician of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He has also served as Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences since 1999. Professor Lu served as President of Zhejiang University from 1988 to 1995, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chairman of the Presidium of the CAS Academic Divisions from 1997 to 2011, Vice President of TWAS from 1998 to 2006, and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress from 2008 to 2013. He currently serves as Honorary President of the China Industry-University-Research Institute Collaboration Association.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Lawrence J. Lau is a distinguished economist whose research and professional work have focused on econometrics, economic development, and the economies of East Asia. Born in December 1944 in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, with ancestral roots in Chaoyang District, Shantou, Guangdong Province, he graduated with the highest distinction from the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination in 1961 before entering Stanford University, where he received his B.S. in Physics and Economics in 1964. He subsequently earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the Department of Economics at Stanford University in 1966, becoming Associate Professor in 1973 and Professor in 1976. In 1992, he was appointed the inaugural Li Ka Shing Professor in Economic Development at Stanford and served as Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Asia-Pacific Research from 1992 to 1996 and Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research from 1997 to 1999. He was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society and an Academician of Academia Sinica. He currently serves as the Rachel and Ralph K. L. Chan Professor of Economics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Emeritus Li Ka Shing Professor in Economic Development at Stanford University, and Chairman of the Board of the Shenzhen Finance Institute. He previously served as President of CUHK from 2004 to 2010 and Chairman of CIC International (Hong Kong) Limited from 2010 to 2014.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Hwa-Nien Yu is a distinguished Chinese-American electronics engineer whose research and professional work have focused on solid-state devices, semiconductor technology, and very-large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuit design. Born in January 1929 in Cixi, Zhejiang Province, he received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1953, 1954, and 1958, respectively. He subsequently joined IBM Research, where he served in a series of research and technical leadership positions, including Research Staff Member, Senior Manager of the Silicon Technology Department, member of the Research Headquarters Strategy Committee, and Special Assistant to the Vice President. He was also a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. His work at IBM was recognised through numerous awards for invention, technical achievement, and patent contribution. He was elected an IEEE Fellow in 1986 and a member of Academia Sinica in 2000, and received the IEEE Jack A. Morton Award, the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Chinese Institute of Engineers in America, the Pan Wen-Yuan Foundation Semiconductor Industry Outstanding Contribution Award, and the Chinese National Friendship Award. He has also held honorary professorships at Xi’an Jiaotong University and Xiamen University and was named an Academician of the Industrial Technology Research Institute in 2014.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Huixing Gong is a distinguished Chinese aerospace remote sensing scientist whose research has contributed significantly to the development of space-based optoelectronic remote sensing technology in China. Born on 24 June 1940 in Shanghai, he received his B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1963 and completed his graduate studies at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in 1967. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1995 and Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999. He currently serves as Research Professor at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, CAS, and as a Member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. His academic and administrative career has also included service as Dean of the School of Information Science and Technology at the University of Science and Technology of China and Dean of the School of Electronics and Information Engineering at Tongji University.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Tieying Li is a distinguished Chinese electronics scientist and social scientist whose career has encompassed electronics research, economic and social policy, higher education, and academic administration. Born in September 1936 in Bao’an, Shaanxi Province, and a native of Changsha, Hunan Province, he studied at the Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University and the Beijing Russian Language Training School from 1950 to 1955 before pursuing studies in physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Czechoslovakia, graduating in 1961. Upon returning to China, he joined the Ministry of National Defense as a technician and subsequently held research and management positions at research institutes under the former Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building, where he later served as Chief Engineer and Deputy Director. From 1981 to 1985, he held senior Party and government positions in Liaoning Province, including Secretary of the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee. At the national level, he served as Minister of Electronics Industry from 1985 to 1988; Minister in charge of the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic System from 1987 to 1988 and again from 1993 to 1998; and State Councilor and Minister in charge of the State Education Commission from 1988 to 1993. He served as a Member of the Political Bureau of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 2002. From 1998 to 2003, he served as President and Party Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), followed by service as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress from 2003 to 2008. He currently serves as Honorary President of the China Science Center of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Xun Zhu is a Chinese geologist and mineral exploration expert whose career has encompassed ore-deposit geology and exploration, geological and mineral resource management, and the development of prospecting philosophy. Born in May 1930 in Funing, Jiangsu Province, he studied factory management at Renmin University of China from 1950 to 1952 before being selected for study in the Soviet Union. He subsequently transferred to geology and graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk Mining Institute in 1957. Returning to China that year, he spent 25 years working with geological field teams and bureaus in Jiangxi Province, progressing from technician with the Northeast Jiangxi Geological Brigade to Deputy Director and Chief Engineer of the Provincial Geological Bureau. He directed exploration of the Dexing copper deposit, identified a deep fault zone in northeastern Jiangxi that became an important basis for subsequent regional prospecting, and led the evaluation of major deposits including Dexing copper, Huating manganese, Geyuan niobium-tantalum, and Zhangcun serpentinite. Appointed Vice Minister of Geology and Mineral Resources in 1982, he subsequently served as Minister and Secretary of its Party Group, while also serving as Chairman of the National Reserves Committee. In 1987 he became founding President of China University of Geosciences. He later held senior positions in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and served on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He is now Honorary President of the China Mining Association and Honorary Chairman of the National Committee for Geo-Philosophy. His honours include the Medal of Friendship of the Russian Federation, state decorations of Ukraine and Zaire, and the commemorative medal marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Deren Li is a distinguished Chinese photogrammetrist and remote sensing scientist whose research has focused on geospatial information science, Earth observation, and surveying and mapping technologies. Born on 31 December 1939 in Taixian, Jiangsu Province (now Jiangyan District, Taizhou), with ancestral roots in Dantu, Zhenjiang, he received his B.S. from the Department of Aerial Photogrammetry at Wuhan College of Surveying and Mapping (now Wuhan University) in 1963, his M.S. in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from the same institution in 1981, and his Ph.D. from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1985, where he received the highest dissertation score in the university’s history. He was elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and a Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994. From 1997 to 2000, he served as President of Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, and since 2000 has served as Director of the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing. He currently serves as Chairman of the University Academic Committee at Wuhan University. He received an honorary doctorate from ETH Zurich in 2008 and was elected Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics in 2018. In 2024, he received the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, China’s highest national science and technology honour.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Qinmin Wang is a distinguished Chinese information scientist whose academic and professional career has encompassed geographic information science, remote sensing, informatisation, intelligent systems, and public administration. Born in 1948, he pursued a career combining research and higher education with public service and science and technology administration. He served as Vice President of Fuzhou University and Professor before taking on a range of public and professional responsibilities. He subsequently served as Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and Vice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. His professional work has included participation in discussions and policy activities concerning science and technology, economic development, industrial development, and the application of information technologies.