Prof. Qigui Yan is a professor and Master's and doctoral supervisor at the Swine Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University. In 1999, he was admitted to the doctoral program in Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction at Sichuan Agricultural University. In 2002, he transferred to the doctoral program in Preventive Veterinary Medicine. He graduated from the doctoral program in 2005 and entered the postdoctoral research station in Animal Husbandry at Sichuan Agricultural University in March 2006. In addition, he is also a young and middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions in Sichuan Province, a member of the Disease Prevention and Control Expert Group of the Sichuan Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission, an expert with outstanding contributions in Sichuan Province, a member of the Expert Group for the Prevention and Control of Terrestrial Wildlife Epidemic Source Diseases of the National Forestry Administration, etc. In the past five years, he has led research projects including genetic evolution and pathogenicity adaptation of animal coronaviruses, special monitoring of African swine fever in Sichuan wild boars in 2019, and the creation and promotion of key technology systems for industrialized healthy rearing of forest musk deer. His research direction is Preventive Veterinary Medicine/Animal Microbiology and Immunology.