Shen Xueshun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is a researcher at the Earth System Numerical Forecasting Center of the China Meteorological Administration, a doctoral supervisor, one of the first batch of outstanding meteorological talents of the China Meteorological Administration, one of the first batch of leading talents in scientific and technological innovation under the National Ten Thousand Talents Program, a national advanced worker, and the head of a national key field scientific and technological innovation team. He has long been engaged in the research of numerical weather forecasting and business system engineering, and has achieved systematic innovative results in the basic algorithms of numerical models, global and regional high-resolution numerical forecasting methods, etc. He presided over the establishment of GRAPES, China's first independently controllable and complete regional/global integrated numerical weather forecasting business system, which enabled China to break away from its reliance on foreign numerical forecasting technologies and achieve comprehensive and regular application in central, national, provincial and municipal (prefectural) meteorological stations. He has made outstanding contributions to meteorological disaster prevention, mitigation and relief as well as meteorological support for major national events. He presided over the establishment of the prototype system of China's new generation of weather and climate integrated high-precision and scalable numerical forecasting model, achieving international parity in the research and development of seamless weather and climate forecasting models. He won the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the Chinese Meteorological Society in 2017, the Second Prize for National Scientific and Technological Progress in 2007 and 2020, and the first National Outstanding Engineer Team Award.

Shen Xueshun obtained his bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctoral degree from Lanzhou University in June 1987, June 1990 and June 1996 respectively. From October 1991 to August 1992, he studied for his doctoral degree at the Preparatory School for Chinese Students going to Japan at Northeast Normal University. From October 1992 to September 1994, he went to the University of Tokyo as a research student. In June 1996, he obtained a Doctor of Science degree from Lanzhou University (jointly trained by China and Japan).

From October 1994 to June 2000, he served as an assistant and cultural instructor at the University of Tokyo. From July 2000 to October 2002, he served as a Distinguished Researcher at the High Intelligence Science and Technology Research Institute (a foundation). From October 2002 to April 2010, he served as the chief researcher, deputy director and director of the Numerical Forecasting Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. In December 2009, he was selected as a national-level candidate for the "New Century Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project" by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. In February 2014, he was selected as one of the first batch of leading talents in scientific and technological innovation under the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" (the National Special Support Program for High-level Talents). From November 2006 to April 2010, he served as the director of the Numerical Model Innovation Base of the China Meteorological Administration. In April 2010, he was appointed as a second-level researcher at the Numerical Forecasting Center of the China Meteorological Administration. From May 2010 to June 2013, he served as the deputy director of the Numerical Forecasting Research Center of the China Meteorological Administration. In September 2021, he was appointed as the deputy director of the Earth System Numerical Forecasting Center of the China Meteorological Administration. On November 22, 2023, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was elected as a fellow of the Chinese Meteorological Society on November 23, 2024.