Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2001, Professor Deyong Kong is a distinguished Chinese systems scientist whose career has encompassed systems engineering, science and technology policy, and international scientific cooperation. He graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University and began his research career at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1960. During this period, he participated in major national projects, including the development of an electronic simulation device for China’s first large-scale nuclear reactor, the overall design of China’s first artificial satellite, and the overall design of China’s first satellite ground control centre. From 1985, he served as Chief Engineer of the Policy and Regulation Department of the State Science and Technology Commission. In 1990, he was appointed Director of the China Institute for Science and Technology Development at bureau-director level, where he was involved in research and policy work concerning the five-day working week. In 1994, he was appointed Science and Technology Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations. He received an honorary doctorate from the Russian State University of Management in 2004. Professor Kong currently serves as Advisor to the Secretariat of the China Science Center of IEAS, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Development Strategy Division of IEAS, and a member of the preparatory group for the International Silk Road Academy of Sciences. He also serves as Chairman of the Expert Advisory Committee for National High-Tech Industrial Development Zones of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chairman of the Academic Committee of the China Society for Socio-Economic Systems Analysis, and Vice President of the World Innovation Research Institute.