Prof. Dr. Xianhu Zheng is currently the Director and Party Secretary of the Heilongjiang Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, the Director of the Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Biotechnology and Genetic Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the Chief of the Freshwater Fish Genomics and Gene Editing Innovation Team of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences. He also serves as an Executive Director of the Chinese Fisheries Society and Vice Chairman of the Heilongjiang Province Aquatic Seed Industry Technical Committee. He has been awarded titles such as High-level Talent in Heilongjiang Province, Top Young Talent in the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, and Leading Talent. He mainly engages in the mining of fish genetic resources, genetic analysis of economic traits, and molecular breeding, as well as research on the evaluation and utilization of aquatic germplasm resources. He has led more than 10 national-level projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation and the National Key R&D Program. He has published over 80 papers as the first or corresponding author in Nature Genetics, Science China Life Sciences, and other journals. He has also participated in the compilation of four monographs, been granted seven invention patents, formulated three national and industry standards, and one provincial and local standard. He has received three awards.