Prof. Baorong Hou is a famous marine corrosion and protection expert. Born in Caoxian, Shandong province, in 1942, he graduated from the department of chemistry, Fudan University, in 1967 and obtained a doctorate in engineering from the department of engineering, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan, in 1994. He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2003. Currently, he is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and director of the China-Japan Joint Research Center on marine corrosion environment and the National Center for marine corrosion protection engineering and technology research. He is also the executive director of the China Society for Corrosion and Protection and President of the Shandong and Qingdao Society for Corrosion and Protection. A deputy to the ninth and tenth NPC of Shandong province and a member of the standing committee and deputy to the 11th NPC, academician Hou Baorong is one of the academic leaders of marine corrosion environment research and marine corrosion and protection in China. In 2015, the Chinese Academy of Engineering launched a major consulting project, "research on the state of corrosion and control strategy in China", with Hou Baorong as the chief scientist.