| Hong Wang | Minister of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) |
| Gunahua Xu | Member of CAS. Former Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) |
| Hong Mei | Member of CAS. Deputy Director of Academic Works and Publications Committee of the Academic Divisions of CAS |
| Zuoyan Zhu | Member of CAS.Editor-in-Chief of Science China |
| Salvatore Arico | Head of ocean science section, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO |
| Ting Li | Director of Bureau of Academic Divisions |
| Ronghui Su | Deputy Director of Bureau of Academic Divisions |
| Xi Xu | Director of Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau |
| Bei Chen | Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau |
| Minhua Liu | Director of the Talent Division of the Organization Department of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee |
| Xin Li | Director of the Talent Division of Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau |
| Nianzhi Jiao | Member of CAS. Fellow of TWAS. Associate Director of the Earth Science Division, CAS. Chair Professor, Xiamen University |
| Zhengtang Guo | Member of CAS. Vice President of University of CAS. Chair Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS |
| Mu Mu | Member of CAS. Fellow of TWAS. Institute of Oceanology, CAS |
| Dake Chen | Member of CAS. Chair Professor, Second Institute of Oceanography, SOAt |
| Si Zhang | Member of CAE, Professor, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS |
| Lixin Wu | Member of CAS. Professor, Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography. MOE. |
| Hongfu Yin | Member of CAS. Professor, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) |
| Wei Meng | Member of CAE. Professor, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences |
| Zhonghe Zhou | Member of CAS. Foreign Associate member of National Academy of Science, USA, Associate Director of the Earth Science Division, CAS; Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and PaleoanthropologyFarooq Azam Distinguished Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA ,Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Louis Legendre | Professor emeritus at the Pierre & Marie Curie University Paris 06, France, and Laval University, Canada, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Canada,Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences |
| Curtis Suttle | Distinguished University Professor, Earth & Ocean Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology, and Botany, University of British Columbia, Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. |
| Ronald Benner | Professor, University of South Carolina, USA, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. |
| Douglas Wallace | Canadian Research Chair. Professor of oceanography, Dalhousie University, Canada |
| Rudolf Amann | Professor, Max Planck Institute for Microbial Microbiology, University of Bremen, Germany |
| Richard Rivkin | University Research Professor, Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| Luca Polimene | Researcher, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK |
| Jizhong Zhou | Professor, University of Oklahoma |
| Carol Robinson | IMBER Chair. Professor, University of East Anglia, UK |
| Uta Passow | Professor, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, USA |
| Marion Gehlen | Researcher, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, France |
| Jung-Ho Hyun | Professor, Hanyang University, South Korea |
| Hermanni Kaartokallio | Professor, Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Finland |
| Eun Young Kwon | Professor, IBS Center for Climate Physics. Pusan National University, Korea |
| John Batt | Professor, Aquatron Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Canada |
| Chuanlun Zhang | Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology |
| Hongyue Dang | Professor, Xiamen University |
| Guangyi Wang | Professor, Tianjin University |
| Fengping Wang | Professor, Laboratory of Microbial Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Chao Li | Professor, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) |
| Xiaoxue Wang | Professor, South China Sea Institute Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
| Ge Chen | Professor, Ocean University of China |
| Rui Zhang | Professor, Xiamen University |
| Yao Zhang | Professor, Xiamen University |
| Xiaoke Hu | Yantai Institute of Costal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
| Yongyu Zhang | Professor, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
| Jie Xu | Professor, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
| Yanyan Yu | Associate professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
| Kai Tang | Associate professor, Xiamen University |
| Qiang Zheng | Associate professor, Xiamen University |
| Yawei Luo | Associate professor, Xiamen University |
| Wei Fan | Associate researcher, Zhejiang University |
| Jihua Liu | Associate professor, Shandong University |
| Yantao Liang | Assistant professor, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
| Nannan Wang | Ph. D. Xiamen University |
| Ruanhong Cai | Ph. D. Xiamen University |
| Xiuling Xu | Managing Editor, National Science Review Editorial Office, Science China Press |
| Weijie Zhao | News Editor, National Science Review Editorial Office, Science China Press |