Prof. Shihua Cheng, a famous super rice-breeding specialist in China, received his BSc degree in 1982 in Crop Genetics and Breeding from Zhejiang Agricultural University, China, his MSc degree in 1986 in Crop Genetics and Breeding from South China Agricultural University, China, and his PhD degree in Crop Genetics and Breeding in 2000 from Nanjing Agricultural University, China. He is the Director of the Chinese National Center for Rice Improvement, and the leader of the Super Rice-Breeding Innovation Research Team of CNRRI. He has been working on rice genetics and breeding for over 30 years, focusing on the theoretical study of rice heterosis and super rice breeding. He has been awarded five National Prizes for Technology Innovation, Scientific and Technological Progress and Natural Science and 10 Provincial/Ministerial Prizes for Science and Technology Progress. He is the Chinese Permanent Representative of the International Rice Commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Council for Partnership in Rice Research in Asia (CORRA). He was the former Director General of CNRRI and served as the coordinator and Chief Scientist of a number of major national rice research projects, including “Breeding and Demonstration of Super Rice” since 2001, and “Research on Breeding Materials and Breeding Methodology in Hybrid Rice” from 1996 to 2000.