Qian Zhou is an associate professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and a master’s tutor in Western economics. She graduated from the School of Economics of Tianjin Normal University in 2009, holds a master’s degree in economics from the School of Public Administration of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, and a PhD in economics from the School of Public Economics and Management of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She conducted postdoctoral research at the Shanghai Development Research Institute & Free Trade Zone Research Institute of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics from 2017 to 2019 and served as an assistant researcher at the institute from December 2019 to July 2020. She has been a visiting scholar at the Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences since 2021. Her research interests include urban and regional economics, urban governance and public policy, resource and environmental economics, and spatial economics. She is a special associate researcher at the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Research Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a member of the Hubei Provincial Housing Reform and Development Research Association. She is also a guest editor of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.