Hong is the head of (Hong Tao) Acadamician’s Lab, Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC; director, Inst. of Biology and Biotech., Beijing Jiaotong University; professor, Peking Union Medical College; and member, Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1995. His contributions include: 1) discovery of the Adult Diarrhoea Rotavirus (ADRV), which has been genetically characterized and classified to be the unique human group B rotavirus; 2) discovery of the morphology and identification of Hantavirus; and 3) pioneering study on Prion diseases in China. His 18 awards include the Meritous Service Award and WHO National Nature Science Awards. His memberships include: Chinese Society of Microbiology; Chinese Medical Association; American Society of Virology; Intl. Soc. of Electron Microscopy; and president, Public Health and Medicine, Pacific Science Association.

Che (PhD, 1982) is Dr. Hui Wai Haan Chair of Chemistry, U. of Hong Kong. He sits on the internatl. edit. adv. board of Chemistry - A European Journal (2001-), Chemistry - An Asian Journal (2006-), Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (2009-), ChemCatChem (2009-), ChemPlusChem (2011-), Chemical Science (2010-), Inorganic Chemistry (2013-), and Chemical Communications (2013-). He is a member of the Chin. Acad. of Scs. and has won the First Class Prize, State Natural Science Award of China, the Natl. Outstanding Young Scholar Award, the Prize of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundn. for Sci. and Techn. Progress in China, TWAS Prize in Chem., the Fedn. of Asian Chem. Societies Foundn. Lectureship Award, and the 2013 Royal Soc. Chem. Centenary Prize. He was elected For. Assoc., US Natl. Acad. of Sci., in 2013. With more than 800 publications and an H-index of 88 he is a ISI Highly Cited Researcher.

Liao (PhD, Tokyo) is chair prof., Natl. Taiwan Ocean U. and Natl. Pingtung U. of Sci. and Techn., as well as vis. dist. chair, Natl. Cheng Kung U. He returned to Taiwan (1968) as res. fellow, Rockefeller Fndn., then served as dir., Tungkang Marine Lab. (1969-87), dir. gen., Taiwan Fisheries Res. Inst. (1987-02), Pres., Asian Fisheries Soc. (1998-2001) and chairman., Fisheries Soc. of Taiwan (2005-08). His honours include: Outst. Res. Awds., Natl. Sci. Coun., Taiwan (1986-95); Academic Awd., Min. of Edu., Taiwan (1987); Achvmnt. Awd. in Sci. and Engg., Taiwan Am. Fndn., USA (1989); Presidl. Sci. Prize, Taiwan (2009); Lifetime Achvmnt. Awd., Global Aquaculture Alliance, USA (2012), Outst. Memb. The NTU Alumni Ass., Taiwan (2013), and The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, Japan (2014). He is hon. life member, Asian Fisheries Soc. and the World Aquaculture Soc., Academician of Academia Sinica.

Lu is a Chair Professor of Xiamen Uni., former Co-Director, Res. Center for Eco-Environmental Scs., Chinese Acad. of Scs.. He is a foreign member of Academia Europaea, and Russian Academy of Sciences; Fellow of Int. Sci Coucil; 10-Member Group of UN Technology Facilitation Mechanism for SDGs; Pres., Pacific Science Association; Past Pres., Scientific Committee on Problems of the Env. (SCOPE); Sc. Advisor, IUCN; UNEP Intl. Resource Panel member; and was a member of ICSU Committee on Scientific Planning and Review. He has authored +360 papers in envl. ecology and envl. management related peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Science Advances, PNAS and authored 17 books. He is a highly cited international scientist. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, Assoc. Ed. of Sc. Advances, founder and Assoc. Ed. of Envl. Dev., and an editorial board member of several peer-reviewed journals. He has served on several expert consultation groups on Sc. and Tech., and envl. decision-making at various levels. Lu has obtained numerous awards and honours including the 2nd Natl. Prize for Advancement of Sc. and Tech., and SCOPE Dist. Achievement Award.

Zhang is known for his research in rice genomics and biotechnology. He holds a PhD (genetics, 1985) from UC Davis. He is prof. and dir., Natl. Key Lab. of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural Univ. (HAU), Wuhan, China, since 1999; and dir., Natl. Ctr. of Plant Gene Research, Wuhan. His honors include King Baudouin Prize, Intl. Found. for Science, Sweden, 1993; Award for Significant Contributions to Agric. Science in China, Chinese Found. for Agric. Science and Education, 1997; Young Scientists of China, Central Govt. of China, 1998; Award for Advancement in Science and Technology, Ho Leung Ho Lee Found., Hong Kong, 2003; and Cal Aggie Alumni Assoc. Emil M. Intl. Award, UC Davis, 2005. In 1999 he was named Cheung Kong professor by the Ministry of Education, China. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and for. assoc., US Natl. Academy of Sciences.

Wang is academic advisor, Academic Committee, State Key Lab., professor of chemistry, Changchun Ins. of Applied Chem. (CIAC), Chinese Acad. of Sciences (CAS); Hon. Editor-in-chief, Analytical Chem. (Chinese). He was previously: deputy director and director, CIAC, CAS; visiting professor: U. of Houston (USA), Dijon U. (France), Kyoto and Yamanashi U. (Japan), and the Hong Kong U. of Science and Tech.. His awards include: Natl. Science Congress Award; 5 CAS Awards; 5 Awards and 1 Special Out. Award in Jilin Province; 3 Natl. Natural Science Award; first winner of the 10th Kharazmi Intl. Festival, Tehran, Iran; and the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, 1997. He is a member of CAS (1991). Hon. Member, Japanese Analytical Chem. Society (2006). Published 830 SCI papers citated over 25000 times with H index 78. Selected in the global Highly Cited Researcher 2014 (2002-2012)