Currently, Professor Zhong Nanshan is: Head of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Chief Committee Member of the Society of Respirology to the Chinese Medicine Association, Medical Tutor at the World Health Organisation, Vice-Director of the Department of Medicine and Healthcare, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice-Chairman of Guangdong Society of Scientific Technology, Chairman of Guangzhou Society of Scientific Technology, Committee Member of the 8th and 9th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC), and Representative of the 15th CPPCC.