Prof. Dr. Hai Nian is a professor at the College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China. He received his B.S. from Jilin Agricultural University in 1984, his M.S. from Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1987, and his Ph.D. from Northeast Agricultural University in 1994. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at South China Agricultural University from 1995 to 1996. Since 1997, he has been teaching at South China Agricultural University. His research is mainly focused on plant genetic breeding, plant nutrition physiology, and genetic research. He has produced 21 soybean varieties and is the first breeder of 10 nationally recognized soybean varieties and 3 provincially recognized new soybean varieties. In addition, he was the first breeder of four new corn varieties (Mingtian No. 6, Huayu No. 8, Huanuo No. 8, Shenghuayu No. 12) in the provincial trials. He won the first prize of the Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Award in 2014, the first prize of the Agricultural Technology Promotion Award in Guangdong province in 2012, and the title of Guangdong Agricultural Extension Pacesetter in 2011.