Wang Dazhong was born in Hebei Province, China. After graduated from Nankai Middle School in Tianjin, he was admitted to Tsinghua University and graduated from the Department of Engineering Physics in 1958. He was an on-job graduate student at Tsinghua University, 1961-1962. He was engaged in the research of high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) at the Nuclear Research Center, Juelich (KFA Juelich), Germany as a visiting scholar in 1980-1982, and was awarded the Doctor of Natural Science at Aachen University of Technology, (RWTH Aachen), Germany in 1982. Professor Wang Dazhong was the Director of the Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University, Vice Chairman of the Tsinghua University Council, Chief Scientist of the First Expert Committee in the Area of Energy of the National High Technology Development Program. Now he is the President of Tsinghua University, professor of nuclear engineering, Ph.D. advisor, member of the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, member of the Expert Committee of the National Bureau of Nuclear Safety, Vice President of the China Nuclear Society, President of the Beijing Nuclear Society. He was named as the National Advanced Scientist in 1989. Professor Wang Dazhong was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1993. Professor Wang Dazhong had participated in the design, construction and operation of the Experimental Shielding Reactor built by ourselves in 1960s. Since mid 1970s, he was responsible for the research and development of high temperature gas-cooled reactor, he put forward the new concept of a modular type high temperature gas-cooled reactor, and had obtained the invention patents in Germany, United States of America, Japan, etc. In the 1980s, Professor Wang initiated a new research area on nuclear heating reactor, and was responsible for the design and construction of a 5MW Nuclear Heating Reactor, which was the first integrated vessel type heating reactor being put into operation successfully in the world.. He is also leading the research on using the nuclear heating reactor for co-generation of electricity and heat as well as air conditioning, and desalination of sea water by using nuclear energy. His research achievements are highly appraised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)