Dr. Zhenying Wang currently is the director of the Agricultural Insect Research Laboratory, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the deputy coordinator of the International Work Group on Corn Borer and Other Pests (IWGO), executive director of the Chinese Society of Plant Protection, vice president of the Beijing Entomological Society, and member of the National Technical Committee for Agricultural GMO Biosafety Standardization. He graduated from the Department of Plant Protection of Hebei Agricultural University with a bachelor's degree in agronomy in 1983. In 1986, he graduated from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences with a master's degree in entomology. In 1995, he graduated from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences with a doctorate in agronomy. From May 1994 to May 1995, he conducted cooperative research at the Institute of Biological Control, German Research Center for Agroforestry and Biological Research; from October 1998 to March 1999 and from December 2006 to June 2007, he conducted cooperative research at the Corn Pest and Crop Genetics Research Institute, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. His research directions are biology, ecology and integrated control technology of corn pests.