Dr. Zhixiang Wu obtained his Ph.D. in Crop Cultivation and Farming Systems from Hainan University in 2013. Since 2005, he has been a research scientist at the Rubber Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, where he holds the rank of Professor/Research Professor. Over the past two decades, his work has integrated geography, agrometeorology, and the cultivation ecology of tropical crops. Presently, his primary research focus is the cultivation ecology of tropical forests, with particular emphasis on the structure and function of tropical forest ecosystems and the design of agroforestry systems. He has made notable advances through long-term, site-based monitoring and experimentation in rubber plantation ecosystems, as well as through the development of sustainable rubber-based agroforestry models.