Professor Hongfu Chu (Hongfu Zhu) is a renowned Chinese biologist,entomologist and taxonomist who specializes in research fields such as insect immature,insect morphology,insect taxonomy and plant protection.He is a pioneer of taxonomist and the founder of Lepidoptera and aphid systematics.Hungfu Chu is the first person to erect the nomenclature of the chaetotaxy of lepidopteran larvae,and he introduced numerical taxonomy and cladistics to China.He also compiled the textbook Theoretical Fundamentals of Animal Systematics,which is the first theoretical monograph in animal systematics in China.Hongfu Chu devoted all of his time to the study of entomology,and he made magnificent contributions in establishing and developing entomology and insect taxonomy in China.