Dong Jiang is the Deputy Director, Researcher, and Doctoral Supervisor of the State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information Systems, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; a Professor of the College of Resource and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and the Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing, China. He is the vice chairman of the 9th Council of the China Natural Resources Society. He engages in research on resource security and sustainable utilization.