Yang Baoxiang is a Senior Engineer at Sichuan Institute of Industrial Technology, Secretary General of the Panzhihua Non-Ferrous Metal Academy in China, and council member for the Panzhihua Environmental Protection Academy. He is employed as an expert by government and industry on safety, environmental protection, science and technology, and information and economy. He has researched vanadium and titanium use and product development, led key state projects, and been honored by several prestigious awards for his work. He has published two books, and over 40 research articles in the field