The International Science Council announced on its website on Friday that Zhu Yongguan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been elected its vice-president for membership with a high number of votes, serving from 2025 to 2028.

The ISC is the most comprehensive scientific organization globally, with the broadest membership coverage and the most diverse range of disciplines, according to the China Association for Science and Technology. The non-governmental organization brings together 40 international scientific unions and associations, along with over 140 national and regional scientific organizations, including academies and research councils.

Zhu, an environmental soil scientist and biologist, was recommended by the China Association for Science and Technology.

Born in August 1967 in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province, he graduated from Zhejiang A&F University in 1989 and obtained a master's degree in 1992 from the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. He then attained a doctor's degree from Imperial College London, Britain, in 1998.

Zhu was elected as an academician of the CAS in 2019 and currently serves as the director of the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the CAS. He has been honored with prestigious awards such as the second prize of the 2023 National Natural Science Award and the Von Liebig Award from the International Union of Soil Sciences.