Ku Li, Senior Engineer and Deputy General Manager of Protein Nutrition and Seasoning Technology Center, is a well-known domestic expert in the professional field of food and seasoning. He has been engaged in yeast and yeast derivatives process optimization and product development for a long time and has undertaken six provincial and ministerial projects, won 8 provincial and ministerial awards, including one special award, four first-class awards, five municipal science and technology awards, formulated one industry standard, published more than 30 papers, and obtained 14 national invention patents. In 2015, he was awarded as "Provincial Candidate of Hubei Provincial Enterprise Science and Technology Innovation Cultivation Program", the ninth excellent expert of Yichang, and a master tutor of Jiangnan University, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, and Three Gorges University.