Prof. LU Ai-ping, male,was born in Duchang county,Jiangxi province, on July 3,1963. He graduated from the Jiangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1983. He received the master\'s (1987) and the PhD degrees (1997) from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS), Beijing, where he also became a research fellow, associate professor (1994),and professor (1997).