Zheng Nanning, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu province. He was born in 1952, graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University with a master's degree in information and control engineering, and received a doctorate in engineering from the Keio University in Japan. He is currently a professor at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics of Xi'an Jiaotong University and he became president there in 2003. He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1999.
Professor Zheng has received several awards, including two second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.