Prof. Dr. Sumei Yan is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in Animal Environments and Nutrition at the College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China. She is the director of the key discipline "Animal Nutrition and Feed Science" of the autonomous region, the doctoral authorization point of the first-level discipline of animal husbandry, and the director of the key laboratory of "Animal Nutrition and Feed Science" of the autonomous region's colleges and universities. She is a visiting scholar at the University of New England, Australia, and she has visited Canada, Germany, the United States, Japan, South Korea, and other countries for international academic exchanges and visiting studies. She is a Director of the Animal Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, a member of the National Feed Review Committee, and Director of the Donkey Industry Branch of the National Animal Husbandry Association. She graduated with a major in Animal Nutrition and Feed Science from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University in July 2001 with a doctorate and she studied abroad at the University of New England, Australia as a visiting scholar in 2007.