Prof. FAN Weicheng is an expert in Fire Safety Science and Engineering and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Prof. FAN graduated from the Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1965. He is head of the Tsinghua University-Hefei Public Safety Research Institute. He is the founder of fire science research initiative in China and is a well known scholar in this field. His main research fields cover public safety risk assessment, monitoring and supervision, prediction and early warning, and decision-making support, including the theories and technologies of emergency management, fire dynamics and prevention technology.