研究员级高级工程师，二级教授，担任自然资源部矿产资源储量评审专家、中国地质调查局评审专家、湖南省矿产资源储量评审专家等职。曾两次获得中国地质学会十大找矿成果奖，并在2020年被评为享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家。

Zhou Houxiang, a researcher-level senior engineer and a second-level professor, serves as an expert in the evaluation of mineral resources reserves at the Ministry of Natural Resources, an expert reviewer at the China Geological Survey, and an expert in the evaluation of mineral resources reserves in Hunan Province. He has received the Top Ten Mineral Exploration Achievements Award from the Geological Society of China twice and was recognized as an expert enjoying the special government allowance of the State Council in 2020.