Professor Zhou Zhihong [now] is an expert consultant of Guoling Law Firm, CISA (International Information Security Auditor), deputy chief engineer of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Information Security Integrated Management Technology Research, Shanghai Jiaotong University, intermediate assessor of the Information Security Service Technology Research Laboratory, Shanghai Jiaotong University, visiting professor of University of Jinan, and expert member of the Cryptographic Evaluation Special Committee of the Chinese Cryptographic Society. Participated in and presided over multiple national and Shanghai major projects, including the research on new principles and methods of electronic currency under the key research and development plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Received two National Cryptography Technology Progress Awards.