Assoc. Prof. Guosheng Ding works at the School of Architecture and Planning, Hunan University. He received a BS from Shenzhen University in 2007, an MS from Tongji University in 2010, and a PhD from Tongji University in 2015. He also received a joint doctorate from the University of North Carolina in 2013. He is a member of the Healthy City Professional Committee of the China Urban Science Research Association, and the deputy director of the Urban Renewal Professional Committee of the Hunan Provincial Land and Space Planning Society. His research interests include healthy city planning theory and methods; rural planning, construction and governance; urban health assessment; urban governance; and urban renewal.