Professor Gangyi Tan is a distinguished scholar in architecture and urban planning. He is a Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) and Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning. He also serves as Director of the Village and Town Construction Development Research Center of Hubei Province, Deputy Director of the Hubei Engineering and Technology Research Center of Urbanization, and Director of The Built Heritage Research Center at HUST. He holds key academic roles, including Deputy Editor-in-Chief of New Architecture (China), Standing Council Member of the Architectural Education Committee, Deputy Director of the Residential Architecture Academic Committee of the Architectural Society of China, and Deputy Director of the Residential Architecture Committee of the National Architecture Institute of China. His research focuses on architectural history, theory, and cultural heritage conservation. He has authored nine monographs and published over 80 papers. He has led four National Natural Science Foundation of China projects and a UK Royal Academy of Engineering project. His work has earned prestigious awards, including the National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Nomination Award, the Outstanding Project Award, and the IDA International Design Gold Award. In 2019, he was honored as a National Outstanding Teacher under the Baosteel Education Fund.

Kui Zhao is a Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He serves as Vice President of the Guild Hall Committee of the China Cultural Relics Society (中国文物学会会馆专业委员会), a Standing Council Member of the Architectural History Branch of the Architectural Society of China, and Deputy Director of the Characteristic Villages and Towns Conservation and Revitalization Committee of the National Architecture Institute of China. He has also been a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the University of Florida and is an international member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). Professor Zhao has been engaged in architectural education and practice for many years, with research interests in traditional architecture and heritage conservation, ecological architecture, and regional architecture. He has completed numerous architectural and planning projects, receiving multiple provincial-level awards. He has led one National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program project, one Humanities and Social Science Fund project from the Ministry of Education, and two National Publication Fund projects. Additionally, he has participated in two NSFC General Program projects. His academic contributions include the publication of 23 books and over 70 research papers in core journals. His architectural and planning projects have won three international gold awards and nine awards at the provincial and ministerial levels.

Yong Shao, Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University；Secretary-General, World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia & the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITR-AP), and Director of WHITR-AP Shanghai；Director, Heritage Conservation and Culture Revitalization Institute, Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute CO., LTD; Vice President, Scientific Committee on Vernacular Architecture of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS-CIAV); Deputy Secretary General, Academic Committee on Historical and Cultural Cities of the Chinese Society of Urban Planning; Member of the editorial board of Built Heritage and Heritage Architecture.

Professor Yong Shao has long been committed to research, teaching, and practice in the fields of urban and rural development history, World Heritage, conservation and development of historic cities, towns, and villages, urban regeneration, rural revitalization, and cultural tourism. She has led and completed over 200 heritage conservation projects. Her publications include Equilibre et Harmonie: Protection et Mise en Valeur du Patrimoine Architectural, Urban et Paysager en France and World Heritage in China - Historic Cities. She has also published more than 70 academic papers and has led numerous major national natural and social science foundation supported research projects. She has received the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation three times and has been awarded more than 30 national and provincial/ministerial-level prizes for planning and design, heritage conservation, education, and scientific and technological innovation. In 2021, Yong Shao was awarded the "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres". In 2024, she was elected as an Academician of the French Academy of Architecture.