Chen Qiufan (a.k.a. Stanley Chan) is an award-winning Chinese speculative fiction author, translator, creative producer, and curator. He is Vice president of Chinese Writers Association Science Fiction Committee, Research Scholar for MacMillan Center of Yale University (2023-2024), Berggruen Institute Fellow (2023), Asia21 Young Leader(2023), Culture Leader of World Economic Forum(2018/2019) and has a seat on the Xprize Foundation Science Fiction Advisory Council. His works include the debut novel Waste Tide, as well as AI2041: Ten Visions for Our Future, co-authored with Dr. Kai-Fu Lee.