Chen Xuechu is a professor at the School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University. He has extensive teaching, research, and engineering practice experience in the field of ecological restoration. His research focuses on the lake and wetland restoration, including the control of cyanobacterial blooms, the restoration of wetland ecosystems, and the design of ecological restoration projects. Over the past 20 years, he has been involved in the governance of eutrophication in West Lake, and the ecological protection and restoration of the Yangtze River Estuary and Hangzhou Bay. He has also served as the designer for the ecological design of projects such as the Yingwuzhou Ecological Wetland and the Nonglinshuixiang wetland.