Xiaohong Li, doctor of engineering, a technical expert in mine safety, a member of the 19th and 20th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, a member of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC, and a deputy of the 12th NPC. Currently, he is Secretary of the Leading Party Group and President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Long been committed to the research of water jet technology and its application in coal mine safety engineering, he has made numerous significant research achievements in coalbed methane exploitation and gas disaster prevention in complex coal mines, among which the gas disaster prevention technology, listed as a national major scientific and technological achievements transformation project, has been widely promoted and applied throughout the country and has spawned remarkable economic and social benefits. Besides, he has won multiple science and technology progress awards at national and provincial levels as well as international academic awards, and published six works and more than 200 papers.