Xiaoxin Zhou (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the degree from Tsinghua University in 1965. He is currently the Honorary President of China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI) and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main research interests include power system analysis and control, power system digital simulation, and flexible ac transmission system (FACTS). He received the IEEE Nari Hingorani FACTS Award in 2008.

Chi Yung Chung (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.Eng. (with first class hons.) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. He is currently a Professor, the NSERC/SaskPower (Senior) Industrial Research Chair in Smart Grid Technologies, and SaskPower Chair in power systems engineering with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Yining Zhang (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2007. Currently he is a First-class leading technical expert, professor-level senior engineer in EHV Transmission Company, China South Power Grid (CSG).

His research interests include transmission-line protection, fault location and substation automation, and he has developed many devices of substation automation that are running in power systems in China. At present, he is the vice chairman and secretary-general of the IEEE PES China Chapters Council.

Ying Xue (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, and the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K., in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Birmingham, in 2016. From 2016 to 2022, he was an Assistant Professor with the University of Birmingham. He is currently a Professor with the School of Electric Power Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. He is also a Chartered Engineer. His main research interests include HVDC modeling and control, power system stability analysis, and power system voltage and frequency control.

Ruomei Li reveived her Ph.D. from University of Bath, UK, in 2000; M.E. from CEPRI in 1989; and B.E. from Hefei University of Technology, China, in 1982. During 1994~1995, Ruomei studied in UMIST, UK, upon Lee Kai Hueng Fellowship Foundation. She started her career of electrical engineering from the center of AnHui electric power dispatching (1982-1986). She has been doing research and project management in China electric power research institute (1989~1994, 2000~2004), engaged in long-term planning, system simulation and analysis, operation control and power electronics. Since 2004, she has served as deputy secretary-general, secretary-general (2004~2013) of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering (CSEE). During her term, she has specially promoted and enhanced international communication and cooperation.

Xiao-Ping Zhang received the B.Eng., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Southeast University, China in 1988, 1990, 1993, respectively. He is currently Professor in electrical power systems and Director of Smart Grid of Birmingham Energy Institute at the University of Birmingham, U.K. Before joining the University of Birmingham, he was an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick, U.K. From 1998 to 1999, he was visiting UMIST. From 1999 to 2000, he was an Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Fellow with the University of Dortmund, Germany. He worked at China State Grid EPRI on EMS/DMS advanced application software research and development between 1993 and 1998. He is co-author of the monograph Flexible AC Transmission Systems: Modeling and Control (New York: Springer, 2006 and 2012).

Jinzhuang Lv received the Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from North China Electric Power University, China, in 2004. He currently serves as the Deputy General Manager of the Innovation Department in EHV Transmission Company, China South Power Grid (CSG).He is a professor-level senior engineer and a recipient of the National Science and Technology Progress Special Award. He has been engaged in the construction, operation, and research of ultra-high voltage direct current projects within CSG for an extended period. He holds positions such as Vice Chairman of the IEEE PES Direct Current Transmission and Substation Committee, member of the Direct Current Transmission and Power Electronics Committee of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, and member of the National High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Equipment Standardization Technical Committee. He has undertaken and completed five major national projects and has been granted 33 invention patents.