Achievements
fish taxonomy
Fish Ecology and Conservation
fish evolution
fish database
Has served as the founding director of the Haihai Sea Biology Institute, the director of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, and the planning and establishment of the Biodiversity Research Center of the Academia Sinica. He also served as the convener of the Zoology Department of the Division of Biology of the National Science Society, and the working group of the Biodiversity Committee of various government ministries and associations. A member of the Executive Yuan to assist in planning and supervising the implementation of the Executive Yuan's Biodiversity Promotion Program. He has also contributed to the development of academic research on biodiversity.
Responsible for organizing many domestic and international seminars, such as the "7th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference" in May 2005, which attracted more than 400 foreign scholars to attend; The First Regional Conference in East Asia”, attended by 250 foreign scholars; in November 2009, large-scale international conferences such as the “West Pacific Marine Life Endangered Species Assessment and Red Book Symposium” and other large-scale international conferences were all successful and even won by the international academic community. The high praise has not only expanded the horizons of young domestic students, but also promoted many opportunities for academic exchanges and cooperation at home and abroad. In China, in order to cooperate with the government's governance or solve the difficulties of policy promotion, he has hosted some cross-strait and domestic seminars or symposiums, including cross-strait academic terminology collation seminars, invasive alien organism management, artificial reef planning and disputes, marine Designation of protected areas and implementation of management, integration of ecological distribution databases, etc.
Serve as the executive member or executive secretary of an international academic community, and actually promote international academic exchanges and cooperation. Including International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) (1994--2009); International Diversity Science Program (DIVERSITAS) (1999.9--to date); International Committee on Science, Technology and Information (CODATA) (1991-2001; 2004--2008) ; Member of the Global Species Inventory (Species 2000) Committee (2003.4-2005.4); Member of the Asia-Pacific Committee of the Global Species Inventory (Species 2000 AO) (2001.2--) and Chairman (2003.10-2005.10); International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Committee (Species Survival Commission) member (2001.2--); IUCN protected area committee (World Commission of Protected Areas) member (2001.8--); International Life Barcode Alliance (Consortium Barcode of Life) Executive member (2008-2012); and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Executive Secretary of the Committee of the Republic of China (2008--now), etc. Actively strive to participate in international organizations and their activities to promote Taiwan's biodiversity or nature conservation, demonstrate the achievements of our country's efforts in this area, and safeguard our country's rights and interests.
Served as a member of the Executive Yuan Sustainability Committee (2009-2013), a member of the Biodiversity Working Group of the Executive Yuan, a member of the Ocean Affairs Promotion Committee of the Executive Yuan, a member of the Wildlife Conservation Advisory Committee of the Agriculture Committee, a member of the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Assessment Committee, and the Pollution Dispute Adjudication Committee Committee member, assisting in revising the technical specifications for marine ecological monitoring and evaluation of the Environmental Protection Agency; advisory member of the Fisheries Department to promote sustainable fisheries; member of the preparatory construction of the Marine Life Museum and the Marine Science Museum of the Ministry of Education, and member of the academic term review committee of the National Archives Museum, responsible for ecology and biodiversity and marine biology and other disciplines term validation and cross-strait comparison work.
Responsible for promoting and integrating the national biodiversity database and information network, completing the establishment of a list of experts and species (TaiBNET) and a national portal (TaiBIF), integrating national taxonomists and completing the publication of the first official "2008 Taiwan Species Diversity" "Current Situation of Sex Research" and "2008 Taiwan Species Inventory" book and CD-ROM, and are updated year by year. Participate in various meetings and activities of the GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Agency on behalf of the country, and promote the establishment of the GBIF Republic of China Committee to be responsible for the integration of national biodiversity data, so that the problems that have not been able to integrate data for the past two or three decades can finally be solved breakthrough. He also served as the co-host of the National Project for Digital Collections (2002.1--2006.12), the second-phase project sub-item 3 "International Cooperation", and the sub-2 project "National Culture Portal" project host (2007--), Established the "Digital Taiwan-Culture and Nature" international portal (http://culture.ndap.org.tw) to introduce Taiwan's rich and diverse cultures and creatures to foreigners in English; work on the numerology project Sub-committee and convener of the "Animal and Flora Group Theme Working Group" and "Biology and Nature Theme Working Group".
Promote the compilation of "Taiwan Biographies" and be responsible for the online publication of the digital version of the biographies, the integration and online access of Taiwan's biological ecological distribution data, the establishment and integration of the ecological construction method information network; the digitization and integration of the collections of biological specimens in major museums in Taiwan; Taiwan wild animal frozen genetic material collection and database establishment, etc.
Leading and assisting NGOs to promote scientific education and conservation advocacy activities for biodiversity, including serving as the chairman of the Natural Ecological Photography Society of the Republic of China, the chairman of the Chinese Biological Society, the chairman of the Fish Society of the Republic of China, and the China Cetacean Society, among others Director or executive director of many societies related to nature conservation.
Assist the government in planning and promoting the sustainable management of fishery resources, including planning, surveying and evaluating the effectiveness of artificial reefs, planning and management of marine protected areas, management of near-coastal fisheries and bottom tow fisheries; The establishment and integration of the marine biodiversity distribution database, and the ecosystem-oriented fishery management, etc., have enabled Taiwan's fishery policy and environmental protection policy to move towards the direction of sustainable utilization. In 2002, at the "4th IUCN-WCPA East Asia Regional Committee Meeting", he hosted the marine protected area and made the Dongsha Declaration, which led to the successful designation of Dongsha as a marine national park.
In terms of education and promotion of marine conservation, from 1997 to 2000, he hosted the "Taiwan Marine Environment Conference" every year, published a special book, and pioneered the concept of marine conservation in China. In addition, he is often invited to provide a lot of environmental education, popular speeches and general education courses, at least 50 times a year, and he has written and published many popular manuscripts, special books, illustrated books, CD-ROMs and online databases, etc., actively promoting the ocean The concept of ecological conservation and sustainable utilization of fishery has enabled Taiwan's fishery economy to develop sustainably. For example, he has published the textbook "Marine Ecology"; "Talk about Marine Life"; "Blue Movement - Recovering Taiwan's Marine Life"; Won the third-class education and culture medal of the Ministry of Education (1998). He also assisted in the planning of "2003 Water Taiwan" during the Science Week of the National Academy of Sciences, and the content planning and coordination of the "2006 Science Season - Diversity Taiwan" special exhibition. In recent years, he has been committed to assisting the government in planning and promoting the planning and management of marine protected areas. At the end of 2009, he purchased the copyrighted marine conservation film "The End of the Line" and promoted it, which has received wide response from all walks of life. It has become the most popular film for marine education in the past two years. In early 2012, the "Taiwan's Seafood Selection Guide" was printed as a foldout and downloaded from the Internet. After promoting consumers, they started their own actions to support marine conservation work by buying the right fish and eating the right fish.
Serve as editorial board member or reviewer of important journals(Zoological Studies,Botanical Studies, Biodiversiyu and Conservation,biodiversity,Nature Conservation Quarterly,Aquaculture,Platax,Aquatic Research,Estuaries,Taiwan Forestry Science,Journal of Marine Science & Technology,Journal of Taiwan Fisheries Society,Biology,Acta Zoologica Taiwanica)
Serving as the work entrusted by domestic public and private institutions (such as participating in the review and evaluation of important affairs, etc.)
In August 1980, the Ministry of Education's marine ecology department received a public-funded study abroad scholarship to study in the United States. At the end of 1983, he returned to China to serve
The executive member or chairman of an international academic group, promoting international academic exchanges and cooperation.