Zhe Cheng is a professor at the School of Public Administration of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology. He holds a master’s degree in project management (PPP) from the Department of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University. He later obtained a doctorate in human geography (urban and regional planning) from the Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in applied economics (fiscal science) at the School of Economics, Peking University. Dr. Cheng was a visiting scholar at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. He has worked in architectural design institutes, investment and financing consulting companies, and planning companies for 10 years and has rich cross-disciplinary work experience and research results. Dr. Cheng has presided over and participated in more than 20 projects of various types, as well as over 80 engineering consulting, investment and financing consulting, planning consulting, and other projects. He is an Associate Editor of the SCI journal “Environment, sustainability and Development” and a special correspondent expert and Associate Editor of the magazine “Frontiers of Engineering Management” of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Dr. Cheng won the third prize in the first “Excellent Research Results on Xi Jinping’s Ecological Civilization Thought” of the China Forestry Ecological Development Promotion Association in 2020.