Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Feng Dai is a distinguished Chinese urban planner, with significant contributions to regulatory planning, urban management, and the application of information technology to city governance. Born in March 1942 in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, he graduated from Wuhan Institute of Construction in Urban and Rural Planning and Construction in 1964. He began his professional career as a technician at the Guangzhou Municipal Construction Bureau, where he worked from 1964 to 1980, before serving as an engineer at the Guangzhou Municipal Engineering Design Institute from 1980 to 1982. From 1983 to 1986, he served as Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Planning Bureau and subsequently became Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Urban Planning Bureau and a member of its Party Committee from 1986. In 1998, he was elected Vice Chairman of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He has also served as Senior Advisor to the China Association of City Planning, Honorary Director of the Urban Planning Society of China, a Member of the China Urban Planning Advisory Committee, and Vice Chairman of the Urban Transportation Planning Academic Committee of China. He has held adjunct professorships at Sun Yat-sen University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Wuhan University of Technology.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1998, Professor Yeung Yue-man is a distinguished Hong Kong geographer whose research and professional work have focused on Asian cities, urban and regional planning, international development, and the modernisation of China. Born in Hong Kong in 1938, he received his B.A. in Geography from the University of Hong Kong in 1962 and subsequently pursued graduate studies in Canada and the United States, receiving his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Chicago in 1972. He taught at the National University of Singapore, served as the Asian representative of Canada’s International Development Research Centre, and held academic positions in North America before joining The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 1984. At CUHK, he served as Head of the Department of Geography, University Registrar, Head of Shaw College, and Founding Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University. His international service has included the Presidency of the Commonwealth Geographical Society and membership of the International Scientific Advisory Board of UNESCO. He has also provided advisory services to organisations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations University, and United Nations Development Programme. In Hong Kong, he has served on a range of public advisory and statutory bodies concerned with planning, housing, development, and public policy. His honours include appointment as a Justice of the Peace, the OBE, the Silver Bauhinia Star, and an Honorary Fellowship of CUHK.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1998, Professor Qingyu Wu is a distinguished Chinese cardiovascular surgeon whose research and professional work have focused on the surgical treatment of congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, great-vessel disorders, and the use of left ventricular assist devices. Born in January 1952, he graduated from Guangzhou Zhongshan School of Medicine in 1976 and received his master’s degree in cardiovascular surgery from Peking Union Medical College in 1982. He subsequently undertook visiting appointments at Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. He built his academic and clinical career at Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, where he served as Professor and Director of Cardiovascular Surgery and Executive Vice President from 1995 to 2004. In 2004, he joined the First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University, where he established the Heart Centre, served as President from 2006 to 2017, and currently serves as Chief Adviser Expert and Director of the Heart Centre. He is also Vice Chairman of the Tsinghua University Academic Committee. He was the first mainland Chinese member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and has held memberships and professional roles in several international cardiothoracic and congenital heart surgery organisations. His honours include the State Council Special Allowance and the Lifetime Achievement Award in Congenital Heart Disease Surgery of China. His professional career has encompassed cardiovascular surgery, clinical innovation, medical education, and the development of cardiac surgery in China.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1998, Professor Yunhe Pan is a distinguished Chinese computer scientist whose research and professional work have focused on artificial intelligence, computer graphics, computer-aided design, and intelligent systems. Born on 4 November 1946 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, he received his B.Arch. from the Department of Architecture at Tongji University in 1970 and his M.S. in Computer Applications from Zhejiang University in 1981. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1998. At Zhejiang University, he served as Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence from 1989, Chairman of the Department of Computer Science from 1991, Vice President from 1994, and President and Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee from 1995 to 2006. From June 2006 to June 2014, he served as Executive Vice President, at ministerial level, and Deputy Party Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He currently serves as Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the National New Generation Artificial Intelligence Strategy, Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the Zhejiang University Shaoxing Research Institute, and Chairman of the Seventh Council of the China Invention Association. He also served as a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of its Foreign Affairs Committee.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1998, Professor Yu Wei is a distinguished Chinese electronics engineer whose research and professional work have focused on molecular electronics, bioelectronics, biomedical imaging, and science education. Born in February 1940 in Guilin, Guangxi Province, she received her bachelor’s degree in radio engineering from Nanjing Institute of Technology, now Southeast University, in 1961 and her master’s degree in electronics in 1965, followed by her Doctor of Engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, in 1981. She subsequently served as President of Nanjing Institute of Technology and, following its renaming, of Southeast University from 1986 to 1993. From 1993 to 2002, she served as Vice Minister of the State Education Commission and subsequently of the Ministry of Education, where her work included the development of the China Education and Research Network and modern distance education. Elected a founding Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994, she currently serves as Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Southeast University and Director of its Research Centre for Learning Science. She has received the United Nations Special Contribution Award and the PuRkwa Prize for children’s science education, as well as honorary doctorates from universities overseas. Her professional career has encompassed electronics research, university leadership, education administration, and the development of inquiry-based science education.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1998, Professor Wei Huang is a distinguished Chinese geomatics scientist whose research and professional work have focused on geographic information systems, cartography, and the application of geospatial technologies to urban planning and management. Born in 1939, he has pursued his professional career at the Automation Center of the Guangzhou Municipal Urban Planning Bureau, where he serves as Professor. His research has centred on the development and application of GIS-based urban information systems, with particular emphasis on the use of geospatial technologies in urban planning and management. Through sustained engagement with the digital development of urban planning in China, Professor Huang has contributed to the automation of cartographic processes, the construction of municipal geospatial databases, and the integration of remote sensing technologies with urban management. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and technical reports addressing the application of geospatial science to urban planning and related practical challenges.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1998, Dr. Zitan Chen is a distinguished Chinese-American geospatial scientist with pioneering contributions to the development and international application of geographic information system (GIS) technology. Born in 1944, he received his B.S. in Physics from Peking University in 1968 and subsequently worked as an engineer at the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping from 1974 to 1980. He then pursued graduate studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), receiving his M.A. in 1982 and Ph.D. in Geography in 1987, while also serving as a teaching assistant and research assistant. In 1987, he joined the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) as a Senior Research Scientist and, from 1991, served as General Manager for Greater China, overseeing operations in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Mongolia. Since 2007, he has concurrently served as Senior Scientific Advisor at ESRI, contributing to the continued development of the ArcGIS software platform. His professional career has combined geospatial research and software development with international scientific cooperation and the advancement of GIS applications.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1997, Professor Qingcun Zeng is a distinguished Chinese meteorologist whose research and professional work have focused on numerical weather prediction, geophysical fluid dynamics, satellite meteorological remote sensing, and climate modelling. Born in May 1935 in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, he entered Peking University in 1952 and transferred from physics to meteorology in response to the national need for trained meteorologists, graduating in 1956. He subsequently studied at the Institute of Applied Geophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR under the meteorologist Ilia Kibel and received his Candidate of Sciences degree in 1961. Returning to China that year, he joined the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he was appointed Research Professor in 1978 and elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980. He served as Director of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics from 1984 to 1993 and founded its State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modelling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. In 1995, he established the International Centre for Climate and Environment Sciences, now jointly associated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, TWAS, and the World Meteorological Organization. He has also served in leadership roles in the China Association for Science and Technology, Chinese Meteorological Society, Chinese Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the World Climate Research Programme. A Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a Member of TWAS, he received the International Meteorological Organization Prize in 2016, China’s National Highest Science and Technology Award in 2019, and was elected an Honorary Member of the American Meteorological Society in 2014.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1997, Professor Qingxi Tong is a distinguished Chinese remote sensing scientist whose research and professional work have focused on remote sensing technology and its applications, particularly hyperspectral remote sensing. Born in 1935, he was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1997. Throughout his career, he has held a number of academic and professional positions in remote sensing and related scientific organisations, including Chairman of the Expert Committee of the National Remote Sensing Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Vice Chairman of the Space Remote Sensing Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Space Science, Executive Director of the Geographical Society of China, Secretary-General of the China National Committee for Remote Sensing, and Council Member of the Asian Association on Remote Sensing. His professional work has included the development and promotion of remote sensing applications in China, as well as participation in national and international scientific cooperation in Earth observation and related fields.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1997, Professor Lilan Zhu is a Chinese polymer chemist and science and technology administrator whose career has combined research in polymer chemistry with national science and technology policy and programme management. Born in Shanghai in August 1935, with ancestral roots in Wuxing, Zhejiang Province, she graduated from Shanghai Zhongxi Girls’ High School in 1955 and subsequently studied polymer physical chemistry at Odessa University in the Soviet Union, receiving her diploma with distinction in 1961. She returned to China that year and joined the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where she held successive research and administrative positions and ultimately served as Director. From 1979 to 1980, she was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the University of Freiburg in Germany. Beginning in 1986, she served in senior positions at the former State Science and Technology Commission and was appointed Minister of Science and Technology in 1998, serving until 2001. She subsequently served as Vice Chairperson and Chairperson of the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee of the National People’s Congress from 2001 to 2008 and has chaired the China Association of Inventions since 2005. She is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Director of the Selection Committee of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, as well as a Member of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials and Honorary Professor of several universities and research institutions. Her honours include the China Materials Research Society Achievement Award, the Outstanding Service Award of the Chinese Institute of Engineers in America, the Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Macau. Her career has encompassed polymer science, national science and technology administration, and