Yue Chen is a Lecturer at Soochow University, and is also a Member of the Center for Chinese Urbanization Studies, Soochow University. She received her Bachelor’s in Urban Planning and earned a Ph.D. in Urban and Rural Planning, both from Southeast University, respectively, and completed her joint Ph.D. training at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. She was selected for the Jiangsu Province High-Level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent Introduction Plan. Her main research interests include Cultural heritage conservation planning, social impact assessment; and Urban regeneration planning; and urban design;