Dr. Xu Tian, Chair Professor of Genetics and Vice President of Westlake University; Leading Expert of the National Torch Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ZGC); member of the Expert Advisory Committee of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS Fellow). Dr.Xu focuses on research and application in the field of growth regulation and biotechnology methods, and is one of the founders of the field of growth regulation, and has long served as an editorial board member of Cell and other leading academic journals in the world. Dr.Xu holds more than 50 international patents, and many of his inventions have been widely used and successfully industrialized around the world. He serves as the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Rothberg Institute incubator, Chairman of the Fosunlead, and the founder of multiple biotech companies.Dr.Xu was the CNH LONG Chair Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Genetics at Yale University, Advisor to the President of Yale University, Howard Hughes Medical institute investigator, President of the Chinese Biological Investigators Society, and Chairman (USA) of the US-China Frontiers of Sciences committee.