Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2020, Professor Shaojun Wei is a distinguished Chinese microelectronics engineer whose research and professional work have focused on integrated circuit design, VLSI design methodology, reconfigurable computing, and software-defined chip architecture. Born in May 1958 in Beijing, he received his Master of Engineering from Tsinghua University in 1984 and his Doctor of Applied Sciences from the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium, in 1991. He subsequently held research and academic positions in Belgium before returning to China in 1995 to join Tsinghua University. From 1998 to 2005, he served in a series of executive positions at Datang Telecom Technology Co., Ltd., including Vice President, President, and CEO, and was involved in establishing its microelectronics subsidiary. He currently serves as Tenured Professor at the School of Integrated Circuits and Director of the Institute of Microelectronics at Tsinghua University, as well as Adjunct Professor at Peking University. He is also a member of the National Advisory Committee on Integrated Circuit Industry Development, Chief Technologist of the National Major Science and Technology Project for Core Electronic Devices, High-end General Chips and Basic Software, and Vice Chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association. He is an IEEE Fellow and a recipient of the State Council Special Allowance and the National May 1 Labour Medal.