Prof. Rong Zhu is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Design, Jiangnan University. She holds a PhD in Engineering from the School of Architecture at Southeast University and was a visiting scholar at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research focuses on carbon-neutral design theory and practice, zero-carbon urban planning and zero-carbon architectural design, green rural and ecological landscape design, and cultural heritage protection and utilization. She has published nearly 20 books and translations. She has presented over 40 papers in leading journals such as the Journal of Chongqing Jianzhu University, World Architecture, Chinese Garden, Central China Architecture, Industrial Architecture, and Decoration, as well as at prestigious international conferences such as mAAN, AHSS, and AAHM. She is the deputy director of the Park and Green Space Committee of the Jiangsu Landscape Architecture Association, the vice president and secretary-general of the Wuxi Landscape Architecture Association, and the supervisor of the Macau Heritage Society.