Professor Zhong Denghua was born in November, 1963 in Gan County, Jiangxi Province. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Jiangxi Polytechnic University (Now Nanchang University) in 1985, his Master’s degree from TJU in 1988, and his Doctor of Philosophy from TJU in 1992. Later, he worked as a visiting scholar at MIT, USA, and Christian Albrechts University at Kiel (CAU), Germany. Professor Zhong began his academic career at TJU in 1988, and served as the President of TJU from 2016 to 2019.