Dr Hanzhong Wang was elected as an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2017. He was once Deputy Director and Director General of OCRI -CAAS, Vice-President of CAAS. Currently, Dr Wang is the principal scientist of National Rapeseed Research System, leader of Consulting Group for Oil Crops of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, deputy director of Agriculture Department of Chinese Academy of Engineering. Dr Wang has been working in rapeseed genetics and breeding with remarked progresses in relevant theory, breeding technology, varietal development and technical extension. He has developed 32 improved rapeseed cultivars which have been totally extended over 13 million ha. As the leading scientist, he has been awarded with a National Second-Class Prize of Technology Innovation and a National Second-Class Prize of Sci-Tech Progress.