Jingfeng Fan, Senior Scientist, Associate Chief of Division of Center, National Marine Environmental Monitoring Centre, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China, majored in biological environment and energy engineering and graduated from Northeast Agricultural University with a PhD degree in Engineering. Dr. Fan’s scientific interests are marine biodiversity, marine ecological monitoring and assessment methodology. She was responsible for the assessment of marine biodiversity and ecosystem health in China, and studied the response mechanism marine ecosystems to climate change. This work provided theoretical support for marine ecosystems response to global climate change. In order to provide technical support for China's marine ecological environment monitoring and management, she carried out research on the assessment of a marine ecological civilization demonstration area, monitoring and managing of marine ecological red-line definition, and marine ecological restoration technology. Dr. Fan is also committed to international cooperation. She has organized regional international conferences, including hosting the first China–South Korea marine sustainable development forum, and the Sixth China-Southeast Asian Countries marine Cooperation Forum. As a consultant in the field of biodiversity organized by NOWPAP CEARAC, she has reviewed CEARAC's work report, activity proposal and medium-term strategy for biodiversity conservation.