Dr Bing Yang is an Associate Professor at the Sichuan Academy of Giant Panda. He completed his PhD studies in Ecology at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He recently led soil food webs in habitats of Giant Panda. He has published 68 papers in various journals, and serves as a reviewer for journals, as well as for Research Projects. His disciplines include plant, microbial and animal ecology, and his interests include soil food webs, plant–soil interactions, soil health, soil biodiversity and multifunctionality.