Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2020, Professor Manchun Li is a distinguished Chinese geomatics scientist and a leading authority on geographic information technology, remote sensing, and territorial spatial planning. Born in June 1964 in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, he earned his B.S. in Cartography from the Department of Geography, Nanjing University, in 1987, his M.S. in Cartography and Remote Sensing from the same university in 1990, and his Ph.D. in Human Geography from Nanjing University in 1997. He has spent his entire academic career at Nanjing University, progressing from teaching assistant to lecturer, associate professor, and ultimately Professor of Cartography and GIS in 2000. He has held numerous leadership positions including Director of the Remote Sensing Application Research Laboratory (1993–1995), Director of the Cartography and GIS Teaching and Research Section (1995–1999), Deputy Director of the Department of Urban and Resources Sciences (1999–2001, 2003–2006), Deputy Director of the Institute of International Earth System Science (2002), Director of the GIS and Remote Sensing Research Institute (2003), Deputy Dean of the School of Geography and Ocean Science (2006–2008), Party Secretary of the School of Geography and Ocean Science (2008–2011), and Director of the Science and Technology Division of Nanjing University (2010–2014). Since January 2016 he has served as Director of the National Virtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center for Earth System Science.