Huang Chao, PhD, is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Jinan University, and the Director of the Research Hub for Chinese Export Craft Heritage at the Institute for Cultural Heritage and Creative Industries. His research focuses on the history of Sino-Western scientific and technological exchanges, the history of the Canton port, industrial cultural heritage, and metallurgical archaeology. His representative works include Chinese Export Silverware in the "Chinoiserie" Series (forthcoming, 2025, in Chinese), the paper "Retrospect and New Developments in Chinese Export Silverware Studies" (2019, in Chinese), the co-authored Qiaopi: Overseas Messenger of Integrity (2022), and the translated publication The Canton Trade: Life and Enterprise on the China Coast, 1700–1845 (2018/2025, in Chinese).