Huang Jianping, head of the Collaborative Innovation Center for Western Ecological Safety (CIWES) at Lanzhou University. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Huang Jianping is head of the Collaborative Innovation Center for Western Ecological Safety (CIWES) at Lanzhou University.

Since the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic, CIWES has actively coordinated various scientific research strengths.

Led by Huang, the prediction team worked for three months to develop the Global Prediction System of the COVID-19 Pandemic and launched the model in May 2020.

Reporter: Ye Zizhen, Ma Jingna

Editors: Shan Juan, Wang Jianfen