Dr. Xiaohong Chen is a Professor and the Director of Center for Water Resources & Environment, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. He is the President-elect of the International Commission of Water Quality in the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (ICWQ-IAHS), Vice-president of the Chinese Commission for IAHS, Vice president of Water Resources Society of Guangdong Province, China. He has fulfilled about 300 programs with funds over USD 24 million, published 9 books and more than 400 papers with 140 SCI journal papers, obtained 11 awards including 3 first prizes of science and technology progress respectively by Ministry of Education of China, Guangdong Province and Guangxi Province.