Prof. Yuanzhi Shi graduated from Zhejiang Agricultural University with a bachelor's degree in Tea Science in 1997 and received a doctorate in Plant Nutrition from Zhejiang University in 2014. He has been engaged in scientific research at the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences since 1997 and is currently a researcher. He is mainly engaged in the research of tea tree physiology and nutrition, and his research areas mainly involve "the influence of lead, aluminum and other elements in tea on the growth of tea trees, and the cultivation of tea tree crowns".