Yongxiang Cai was born in Guizhou, China, in 1991. He received B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China in 2014, 2016, and 2020, respectively. Since 2020, he has been a researcher and post-doctoral fellow with the Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd. His main research interests include the hybrid ac/dc distribution network, renewable energy generation, and distributed smart grids.