Dr Aijian Qin is a professor in Yangzhou University and the vice chairman of the Poultry Disease Branch of the Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine. He was the Dean (2000-2013) in College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, a deputy leader (2009-2015) of the poultry disease expert group of the National Animal Epidemic Prevention Expert Committee in China. He got an AAAP poster award in 1999 in USA and Certificate Merit (2004, USDA). His research focuses on the control of MDV and avian leukosis virus.