Hong Xu is a passionate Researcher and Engineer specializing in Renewable Energy and e-Power Systems, striving for Efficiency Excellence and Carbon Neutrality within the Energy and Transport sectors. Over the past 10 years, he has worked with multinational corporations and leading institutions across the Eurasian continent, notably Toyota, Infineon, Paul Scherrer Institute, Polytechnic Institute of Paris, and European XFEL, driving technical advancements in e-Mobility, Clean Energy, Semiconductor, and New Materials industries. Alongside his engineering pursuits, he has engaged with renowned organizations including St. Gallen Symposium in Switzerland, CITIC Securities in China, and Oxford Institute for Energy Studies in the UK, focusing on clean energy economics and policy analysis in China and Europe. As a proactive contributor to international development, Dr. Xu has served as Group of Experts (GE) Member at the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Geneva, and chaired parallel sessions at the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Bonn, advocating for UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 9, and 13. Prior to that, he pursued his PhD in Renewable Energy from ETH Zurich and an MSc in Materials Science from TU Munich, complemented by an MBA earned from the Quantic School of Business in Washington DC, and further Executive Education at Cambridge Judge Business School.