Li Tan, Ph.D. from Beihang University (BUAA) in both bachelor's and doctoral programs, currently serves as the Director of the Industrial Internet Laboratory at Nanchang University. He has previously held the positions of Deputy General Manager at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation's Aerospace Intelligent Manufacturing Company, Technical Director of Alibaba's Taofactory, and Distinguished Associate Professor at East China University of Technology. He is a member of the Expert Group for "Intelligent Manufacturing 2035" of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a member of the Expert Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing of Complex Products, and a member of TC159 under the Standardization Administration of China.

He was the first in the world to propose major technical concepts such as "Cloud Manufacturing" and "Industrial Metaverse," and participated in drafting the national strategy "Made in China 2025." He led the development of China's first intelligent manufacturing cloud platform — Aerospace Cloud Network, and the first commercial C2M new manufacturing platform — Taofactory. He has successively undertaken five national-level research projects including key R&D programs, with cumulative research funding exceeding 20 million RMB. He has published over 30 papers indexed in EI/SCI and highly cited papers, and has been granted more than 10 authorized patents. He has been awarded a First-Class Prize for Military Scientific and Technological Progress, selected into Jiangxi Province's "Double Thousand Plan," and included in the high-level talent programs of Hangzhou and Nanchang cities.