1987, Postgraduate, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital; 1991, MD in Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing; 1994-95, International Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Texas. Physician scientist with a focus area of pulmonary and critical care medicine for over 30 years. Currently: Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Engineering; President, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Professor of Internal Medicine (Respiratory Medicine), Capital Medical University; Professor of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Research, Peking Union Medical College; Director, National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Diseases; Director, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital; Director, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University; Academician/Elected Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering; Vice-President, Chinese Hospital Association and Chinese Medical Doctor Association; President, Chinese Association of Chest Physicians, Chinese Medical Doctor Association; Honorary President, Chinese Thoracic Society, Chinese Medical Association; Vice-Chair, National Expert Committee for Post-Graduate Medical Education; Member of the Board, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases and International Scientific Advisory Board, China Kadoorie Biobank; Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases; Director, WHO Collaboration Center for Smoking Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention; Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Medical Journal and Clinical Respiratory Journal.