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Dr. Yi Zeng is a professor at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, serving as the Director at the International Research Center for AI Ethics and Governance and the Brain-inspired Cognitive AI Lab. He is the founding dean of Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance (Beijing-AISI). He is a member of the United Nations High-Level Advisory Body on AI. He is also an expert in the UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group on AI Ethics, an expert in the WHO Expert Group on the Ethics/Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health, and a board member of the National Governance Committee of Next Generation Artificial Intelligence in China. He has been listed as one of the TIME100 Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence (TIME100/AI). His major research interests focus on Brain-inspired Artificial Intelligence, AI Ethics, Safety and Governance, AI for Global Sustainable Development.