BEIJING, Aug. 13 -- Prominent liver cancer scientist Feng Gensheng returned to China after 40 years in North America, mostly in the United States this month amid a Trump-era funding squeeze.

Feng, who was promoted to distinguished professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) earlier this year, has joined the Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (SZBL) as director of its Cancer Research Institute, the South China Morning Post reported last night.

"I have fully joined the SZBL, and of course, I will not retain my position at UCSD, which ended as of July 31, 2025," he was quoted as saying.

SZBL is a research platform established by Guangdong province and the city of Shenzhen to develop leading science and technology innovation centres....