Dr. Luguang Yan was trained as an electrical engineer at the Moscow Power Institute (Russia). His research has dealt with the development of special electrical equipment and on the development of new technologies in electrical engineering. Examples include: high-pulse power, fusion electrical engineering, superconducting electrical engineering, magneto-hydrodynamic power, renewable energy, and magnetic levitation (for application in high-speed trains). Dr. Yan currently is a Research Professor and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of Ningbo University, Chairman of the Energy Research Council of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of the Chinese Solar Energy Society, Vice-President of the China Electro-technical Society and of the China Energy Research Society.