DONG Manling was born in Ningxia, China. in 1983. She received the Bachelor degree and Master degree fi'om Hua- zhong University in Wuhan, China. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate in high voltage engineering at Huazhong University in Wuhan, China. ttcr major research fields are over, oltage and insulation coordination of ttVDC system, lighming protection of transmission lines. E-mail:dongmanling0211 @ 163.com YUAN Zhiyong was born in 1978. He received the Doctor degree in 2007 in High Voltage ,and Insulation Technology fi'om Tsinghua University in Beijing China. His research field is clcctromagnetic compatible aod insulation coordination etc. E-mail: yuanzy@csg.cn LI Tianwei was born in 1980. tie receiw.'d the Doclor degree in 2008 in High Voltage and Insulation Technology from Wuhan Univemity in Wuhazl, China. His research fields are electromagnetic field numerical computation, lightning protection and grounding etc. E-mail: litw@ csg.cn ZHAO Xiangen was born in 1989. He is currently taking the M,lster degree at the Department of ftigh Voltage and Insula- tion Engineering of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research fields of interest are simulation ol lighting intruded overvoltage and insulation coordination of HV DC converter station. E-mail: zhaoxiangen@ smail.hust.edu.cn ZHANG Jiaxin was bona in 1988. She is currently taking the Master degree at the Department of High Voltage and Insula- tion Engineering of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Her research fields of interest are simulation of lighting intruded overvoltage and insulation coordination ot HVDC convener station. E-mail: jx.zhang@smail.hust.edu.cn HE Junjia was born in 1968. ttc received the B.S.. M.S., and Ph.D. degree in electrical engincering from the Huazhong University of Scicnce and Technology (HUST). Since 2001, hc has been a Professor with the College of Elcctrical and Elec- tronic Engineering. HUST. His research interests include the theory and application of gas discharge, high-curr