Prof. Dr. Hai Yan currently works as an Associate Professor at the College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, China. She is also the Chairman of the 2nd Academic Committee of the World Transport Congress (WTC) of the Sustainable Transport Technical Committee of the Integrated Transport Planning and Policy Discipline of the Transport Planning Department. She obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering majoring in bridge engineering from Xi'an University of Highway and Transportation, a master's degree in engineering majoring in transportation planning and management from Chang'an University, and a doctorate degree in engineering majoring in transportation information engineering and control from Tongji University. Her research directions are 1. transportation planning theory and technology, 2. traffic behavior theory and policy analysis, and 3. traffic design technology and methods.