Si Yuan, Former Vice President and Provost of Tsinghua University, Distinguished Professor of Changjiang Scholars and a national famous teacher. As a postdoctoral fellow and visiting scholar in the US and UK, Mr. YUAN served successfully as Director of Dept. of Civil Engineering, Dean of School of Civil Engineering, and Vice President and Provost of Tsinghua University, and is now still the Vice Chairperson of Tsinghua University Council since 2014. He is currently the member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress, Vice Chairperson of Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress, Chairman of China Civil Engineering Society (CCES), Director of Education Working Committee of CCES, Honorary Director of Structural Engineering Committee, Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM), Vice President of China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), Editor-in-Chief of Civil Engineering Journal, Chairman of the Editorial Board of Modern Educational Technology, Vice Chairman of the Editorial Board of Journal of Building Structures, Chairman of the Teaching Steering Committee of Engineering Basic Courses of the Ministry of Education, Chairman of the Teaching Steering Committee of Mechanics Basic Courses of the Ministry of Education, Director of MOE Research Center for Online Education (RCOE), and Executive Director of International Centre for Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO (ICEE).