Qingfu Chen earned his PhD from Sichuan Agricultural University in 1998. Currently, Qingfu Chen has been serving as a Director of the genetic improvement research laboratory of the National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System for Oats and Buckwheat, a Director of the Buckwheat Industry Technology Research Center of Guizhou Normal University, a Director of the Guizhou Provincial Buckwheat Engineering Technology Research Center, and also serves as an Academic Leader of the Guizhou Provincial Buckwheat Industry Technology Innovation Team. He once received a research scholarship and a language learning scholarship from the Humboldt Foundation of Germany, and was selected as a national candidate for the New Century Talents Project in 2000 and 2006, respectively. His work in the field has resulted in 30 national and provincial-level science and technology projects and has published over 200 papers in important academic journals both domestically and internationally, and has been awarded 1 first prize and 3 second prizes of the Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, and 1 second prize of the Provincial Teaching Achievement Award. His research interests include buckwheat, genetics and breeding, taxonomy, and molecular markers.