Dr. Li Jinghai was trained as a chemical engineer. From 1987 to 1990 he conducted research at the City University of New York and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. From 1990 onwards, he continued his scientific career at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a professor, and from the mid-1990s onwards took the lead, first as vice director, then as director, of the IPE. In 2004 he was appointed as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Currently, Dr. Li serves as Chairman of the Expert Committee on Energy under the 863 Program in China, as President of the All China Youth Federation and as President of the Chinese Society of Particulogy.