Prof. Hui Ding received his Master's degree in agronomy from Nanjing Forestry University in 2001. Currently, he is a Researcher, Director of the Research Office, Master's Degree Supervisor, and Postdoctoral Co-Supervisor at the Center for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Research. He presides over the pilot work of the National Comprehensive Biodiversity Observatory, has established several biodiversity field monitoring demonstration bases and biodiversity conservation research bases in China, and is in charge of the State Environmental Protection Wuyi Mountain Ecological Environment Scientific Observatory and Research Station. He presided over the pilot work of national plant diversity observation, built 2 10-hectare forest sample plots, more than 20 1-hectare small sample plots, and several satellite sample plots, and he established a national model network for plant diversity observation. He is mainly engaged in research in the fields of vegetation community ecology, risk assessment of invasive alien species, and biodiversity value assessment.