Sheng Shihao is a research fellow, Standing Committee Member of Zhejiang Provincial Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Chairman of the Zhejiang Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, and so on. Mr. Sheng previously served as Deputy Minister of Propaganda Department of Zhejiang Provincial Committee. He was a member of the Expert Group on National Medium-and-Long Term Strategic Study on Science and Technology Development and on the National Intellectual Property Strategy. His main research areas are applied economics, science and technology innovation strategies and policies, and regional development strategies. He has participated in several important documents at the central and provincial government. He has led many research pro」ects sponsored by the Natural Science Foundation and so on. He has published over 100 papers and authored over 10 books, many of which have won first and second prize of outstanding achievement awards at the provincial and ministerial levels.