Liu Yahong, a native of Tailai, Heilongjiang Province, was born in May 1966.  In July 1996, Liu took her first job. She is now Deputy Secretary of CPC SCAU Committee and President of the University, Member of CPC SCAU Standing Committee.

Liu received her Bachelor and Master degree at Northeast Agricultural University in 1990 and 1993 respectively. She began her PhD studies in 1993 and obtained her doctorate in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology from SCAU. After graduation, she became a lecturer at SCAU College of Veterinary Medicine and was promoted to Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in December 2003. Besides, she was a visiting scholar at School of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University in 1997, and a postdoctoral fellow in College of Pharmacy, the University of Michigan in 2001.

She was winner of National Outstanding Youth foundation and Pearl River Scholar Program in 2011 and honored as Changjiang Scholar by the Ministry of Education in 2012. In 2007, Liu became Deputy Dean of College of Veterinary Medicine and in 2009, Dean of the College. She was appointed as Vice President of South China Agricultural University in July 2014 and has become the President since December 2018.

Prof. Liu’s research interests focus on drug resistance of veterinary pathogenic microorganisms, new veterinary drug development and safety assessment of drugs. She has presided more than 40 national and provincial research projects and has published 197 articles or papers (over 120 indexed by SCI) with 1 national grade two new veterinary drug certificates and 5 provincial and ministerial level science and technology awards. She is also entitled to 10 national patents and major translator of the book Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Liu is also Director of the National Risk Assessment Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance of Animal Original Bacteria, Deputy director in Pharmacology and Toxicology Branch of the Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Member of National Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Risk Assessment Expert Committee, and Member of Veterinary Medicine Review Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.