Ying-Qian Liu is a professor of Medicinal Chemistry. In recent years, Liu's research group has focused on "chemical biology of natural medicines/medicinal chemistry", and has systematically carried out research on lead discovery, divities-oriented synthesis, efficacy evaluation and application development based on traditional Chinese medicine, and bioactive functional molecules of natural origin. These research achievements have been published in nearly 100 SCI papers in Med. Res. Rev., J. Med. Chem, Europ. J. Med. Chem, etc. We have applied for more than 100 national invention patents, 1 PCT patent, 2 software copyrights, and 5 achievements of transformation. As the leading figure, Liu undertook a preparation and revision project of special processing specifications standards of TCM varieties in The Pharmacopoeia of Processing Specifications of TCM in Gansu Province (2009), as well as 46 industry standards of Processing Specifications of TCM (2020). Liu has been involved more than 30 scientific and technological projects, such as National Key RESEARCH and Development Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Gansu Provincial Key Research and Development Program, and Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Special Project, as well as more than 60 horizontal cooperation projects for enterprises and industry–university research projects jointly with enterprises.