Prof. Dr. Yuxing Zhang received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Hebei Agricultural University in 1983 and 1993 and a Ph.D. degree from Shandong Agricultural University, in 1998. He has been engaged in teaching and scientific research in the Fruit Tree Teaching and Research Section of the Horticulture Department of Hebei Agricultural University since July 1983. During this period, he has visited Japan, the Republic of Korea, the USA, and other countries for inspection, study, and training. In 1999, he was promoted to professor and was named a doctoral supervisor in the same year. His research interests mainly focus on fruit tree fruiting physiology and molecular biology, fruit tree physiology and ecology, fruit quality, and safety.