Xiangjie Liu received a Ph.D. degree in Automatic Control from the Research Center of Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 1997. He subsequently held a postdoctoral position with the China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI), Beijing, China, until 1999, and acted as an Associate Professor in CEPRI. He was a Research Associate with the University of Hong Kong, and a Professor with National University of Mexico. He is now a Professor in North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China. His current research areas include model predictive control with its application in industrial processes. Prof. Liu is a member of the technical committee on both control theory and process control, Chinese Association of Automation. He is an editor of Acta Automatica Sinica, an editor of Control and Decision, and an editor of the Chinese Journal of Electric Power Automation Equipment. He has been in the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University since 2006. He was awarded the Beijing distinguished teacher winner in 2019.