Introduction：Academician Guo Guangcan, quantum information scientist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Member, academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences, and director of the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chief scientist of China's first quantum information 973 project "Quantum Communication and Quantum Information Technology", chief scientist of the important direction project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, academic leader of the innovation group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Chief Scientist of major project of "Quantum Regulation" in the medium to long term Planning - "Physical Implementation of Quantum Communication and Quantum Computing" of Ministry of Science and Technology of China.

Since graduating from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1965, he has been engaged in theoretical and experimental research on quantum optics, quantum communication, and quantum computing for a long time. Serving as the Managing Editor for the international publication 《International J. of Quantum Information》; Academic leader of the innovation group of the National Foundation of China; the Chief Scientist of major project of "Quantum Regulation" in the medium to long term Planning - 《Physical Implementation of Quantum Communication and Quantum Computing》 of Ministry of Science and Technology of China、Class B Leading Special Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences titled 《Quantum Physics and Quantum Information Based on Solid State Systems》 and NSFC Major Instrument Special Project 《Multi functional Solid State Quantum Memory》.  He won the Second Prize in Natural Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001, won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award in 2003, received the "He Liang He Li" Science and Technology Progress Award in 2003, he was elected as an academician of the CAS Member in 2003, received the first prize in natural science in Anhui Province in 2006, received the Anhui Province Major Science and Technology Progress Award in 2007, elected as an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences in 2009, elected as "CCTV Technology Innovation Figure" in 2013. He has published over 700 papers in international academic journals, including Nature sub journal (13 articles), Phys Rev. Lett (31 articles), and has been cited more than 10000 times by others. He has trained over 80 doctoral students, of which 5 have won the National Hundred Excellent Doctoral Dissertations Award.