Song Gu is a Professor at the College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China. He graduated from Northeast Agricultural University in 1984 and stayed on the faculty as a lecturer. In 1985, he went to Italy for further study. He received his M.Eng. from Northeast Agricultural University in 1991 and a Ph.D. from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 2003. He returned to Northeast Agricultural University as a professor in 2003–2008. He has worked at the South China Agricultural University since 2008. He is mainly engaged in research related to intelligent equipment systems for facility horticulture.