Prof. Dr. Xiudong Wang is a director, researcher, and doctoral supervisor at the Agricultural Strategy Research Office, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is also the executive director of the China Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Economics Society, the director of the China Agricultural Technology Economics Society, and the director of the Beijing Agricultural Economics Society. He received his BS (1998) and MSc (2002) in Agricultural and Forestry Economic Management from Hebei Agricultural University, and his PhD in Agricultural and Forestry Economic Management from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2005). He has won the second prize of the China Agricultural Science and Technology Award and the second prize of the Soft Science Award from the Ministry of Agriculture. His research interests include food and food security, agricultural and rural development strategies, and farming industry economics.