Changming Yu, PhD in Urban and Rural Planning from Tsinghua University, is an Associate Professor of Urban and Rural Planning,School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University. His research focuses on walkable cities and spatial quality enhancement, green spaces and sustainable development strategies, and studies on regional integration and land-use patterns in global city regions. He holds concurrent positions as a researcher at the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science and the Beijing Urban and Rural Ecological Environment Laboratory, and a responsibility planner for Chaoyang District in Beijing. He is a member of the Healthy Cities Professional Committee of the China Urban Science Research Society, a Youth Committee Member of the Territorial Landscape Committee of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, a Youth Committee Member of the Territorial Landscape Committee of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, an expert of the Neighborhood and Streets Governance and Responsibility Planner Working Committee of the Beijing Urban Planning Society, and a committee member and think tank expert of the Small Town and Rural Planning Professional Committee of the Tianjin Urban Planning Society. He serves as a Youth Editorial Board Member for the Landscape Architecture journal and a reviewer for the Science & Technology Review. He has led more than 30 research projects, including one funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.