Igor Krivtsun, Deputy Director in charge of scientific research work since 2008. He was selected as the academician of Communications Institute of Ukraine National Academy of Sciences in the specialty of Materials Science and Metal Welding in 2006, and selected as the academician of Ukraine National Academy of Sciences in the specialty of Materials Science and Metal Welding in 2012. He was awarded the Top Science and Technology Award of Ukraine and conferred the title of Meritorious Science and Technology Worker of Ukraine in 2018. He has published more than 200 scientific works, including 3 monographs and more than 10 patents. Academician Igor Krivtsun is a well-known expert in the field of gas discharge physics and welding process theory, who has laid the foundation for laser plasma composite welding and material processing, a new direction for scientific research, and has made outstanding contributions to the development of these areas. The "Advanced Laser and Plasma Manufacturing Technology Team", in which Academician Igor Krivtsun participated as a core member, was selected as one of the "Third Batch of Innovation Teams of Guangdong Province". As the owner of Guangdong Leading Talents Project, he conducted researches on the basics and applications of laser and plasma technologies.

Zhou Kesong, distinguished expert in materials and surface engineering, and doctoral supervisor. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1965, and was a visiting scholar at the State University of New York from 1980 to 1982. He was selected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in the Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Material Engineering in 2009. Academician Zhou Kesong’s main research interests are in thermal spray coating, thin film, laser and other modern surface engineering technologies as well as their engineering applications. He has successfully developed the first robot-controlled large low-pressure plasma spray coating equipment in China, and has carried out many pioneering research and engineering applications in low-pressure plasma spray coating, plasma spray coating - physical vapor deposition (PVD), thermal spray coating technology in place of hard chromium plating, and composite surface engineering technology.

He has undertaken and presided over more than 40 scientific research projects (such as National Project  973, National Project 863, and military projects) and provincial and municipal projects. He has won 1 second prize for national scientific and technological progress, 3 first prizes, 10 second prizes and 7 third prizes of provincial and ministerial level. He has published more than 200 theses, and has edited and co-edited three books. He has been honored twice as an advanced worker in the national defense and military industry, and conferred the title of national outstanding worker in science and technology.

Zhou Chenghu, expert in geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing applications, and doctoral supervisor. He received his doctoral degree from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Geography, in 1992. He was selected as the academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Geographic Sciences, in 2013. He currently acts as the Vice President of the International Geographical Union, Deputy Director of the Chinese Society for Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography, and leader of the team for introducing innovations and startups under the “Zhujiang Talent Program” of Guangdong Province. In May 2020, the Academician Geospatial Drone Self-Piloting System Project was launched and the Intelligent City Grid Management with 5G Connected Drone was officially kicked off and put into mass production in Danzao Town. Both projects were led by Academician Chenghu Zhou. These projects will provide a strong force and a hard support to the leaping development from a digital city to a smart city.

Wu Qingping, expert in food safety science and technology, and doctoral supervisor. He received his PhD degree from South China University of Technology in 1999. He was selected as an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Department of Environment and Light Textile Engineering, in 2015. He is currently the honorary director of Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, deputy to the 13^th National People's Congress, vice chairman of Guangdong Provincial Association for Science and Technology, and vice chairman of China Edible Fungi Association. In order to address the serious microbial safety risks in China's food industry, Academician Wu Qingping has invented advanced common monitoring technology and established a relevant theoretical system from his basic research. He has presided over 50 major scientific research projects of national, provincial and ministerial levels, and obtained 40 provincial-level accredited internationally leading or internationally advanced achievements. He has won 2 second prizes for national scientific and technological progress, 5 first prizes and 4 second prizes of provincial and ministerial levels, 2 excellence award for Chinese patent, and 1 golden award for patent in Guangdong Province. He has published 370 papers, of which 112 are SCI/EI indexed. He was entitled the National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker in 2010, awarded the Ho Leung Ho Lee Innovation Award in 2012, and listed on the third batch of "One Hundred Outstanding Southern Cantonese Talents in for Training Project in Guangdong Province" in 2013. He received the first Guangdong Inventor Award in 2014, and received the first Outstanding Contribution Award in South Guangdong and the Second "Ye Jianying Award" in 2017.

Pan Fusheng, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and expert in light metal. He received his Ph.D. degree in material science and engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1995. He studied and worked successively at the University of Oxford in the UK, the University of Stuttgart in Germany, the University of California, Los Angeles in the US, the University of Queensland in Australia, and Chiba University in Japan. He once served as a member of the Discipline Review Group of the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council. He is now the chairman of Chongqing Association for Science and Technology, professor of Chongqing University, director of National Magnesium Alloy Materials Engineering Technology Research Center, president of Chongqing Academy of Science and Technology, and vice chairman of Chinese Materials Research Society. Academician Pan Fusheng is mainly engaged in research on magnesium alloys, aluminum alloys and tool steels. He has made a number of original achievements in the direction towards new materials and new processes of magnesium alloys, aluminum alloy plate foil and forgings, and iron-based tool materials. He has won 4 awards for national technology invention and national science and technology progress, and more than 10 awards of ministerial and provincial levels for technological invention and progress in science and technology. Among them, he won 2 national second prizes for progress in science and technology and 3 first prizes for technological invention of ministerial and provincial levels. He has published more than 400 SCI-indexed papers, and has been granted more than 130 invention patents. He has formulated more than 10 national standards and industrial standards. He was awarded the titles of "National Outstanding Professional and Technical Talent" and "National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker", and was the recipient of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Award and the DuPont Technology Innovation Award.