Yuheng Li is an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Nanjing Agricultural University in 2006, his Master’s degree from China Agricultural University in 2008, and his Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, in 2011. He has been a Young Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Hunan Agricultural University (Social Science Edition) since 2023, a Visiting Professor at the School of Public Administration and Law, Northeast Agricultural University, since 2022, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Rural Studies since 2021, Secretary General of the “Belt and Road” Poverty Reduction and Development Alliance since 2020, and Secretary General of the Agricultural Geography and Land Engineering Commission, International Geographical Union, since 2016.