Zhao Chunjiang

Zhao was born in Baoding, Hebei, on 28 April 1964.^[1] He attended Hebei Agricultural University where he received his bachelor's degree in crop cultivation and farming in 1985. After completing his master's degree at the Crop Research Institute of Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences in 1988, he attended China Agricultural University where he obtained his doctor's degree in 1993.^[1]

He was associate research fellow at Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences in 1991 and was promoted to research fellow in 1996. In 1999, he was appointed director of Beijing Agricultural Information Technology Research Center. In 2001, he became director of National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, concurrently serving as deputy leader of the Expert Steering Group for Whole Process Mechanization of Crop Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas since May 2021.

• 2007 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)^[2]
• 2010 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)^[2]
• 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)^[3]
• August 2021 Fellow of the Academy of the United Nations Sciences and Technology Organization (AUNSTO)