Dr. Cheng Li graduated from the Technical University of Dortmund in Germany in 2014 with a doctorate in spatial planning. He joined China University of Mining and Technology in 2015. He is an Associate Professor and a Master Supervisor. He is a director of the Department of Urban and Rural Planning. He is currently the deputy director of the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning and the director of the Office of the Mining Area Land Space Ecological Restoration Engineering Technology Innovation Center of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Natural Resources. His academic part-time positions include a member of the Resource-Based Cities Professional Committee of the China Natural Resources Society and member of the Resilient Cities Professional Committee of the Jiangsu Urban Planning Research Association. He is mainly engaged in teaching and scientific research in the fields of regional development and planning, human-land coupling relationships