Prof. Dr. GONG Ke is currently the Past President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the Executive Director of the Chinese Institute for the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Strategies, and the professor of Nankai University. From 1999-2006 he was vice president of Tsinghua University for research and strategic planning. From 2006-2011 he was President of Tianjin University, then the President of Nankai University from 2011 to 2018.

Prof. GONG has led a number of research projects in wireless communications including the initiative on developing China’s wireless transmission standard for digital television as well as the research on experimental microsatellite, through which he has received a number of awards including the National Technological Invention Award. He is foreign member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. He has served as member the Experts Committee of the National High-tech R&D Program (2001-2010) for space technology, and served as member of standing committee of Chinese Association of Science and Technology (2006-2016), etc.