An architect who graduated from the Graduate School of Architecture at Tsinghua University (清華大學) and earned a Ph.D. in Urban Design from Tongji University(同济大学) and a Ph.D. in Geography from Peking University(北京大学). Currently, he serves as the Dean of the School of Architecture and Art at Central South University and as a professor at Peking University.
He is the Vice President of the Hunan Provincial Architectural Society and the Hunan Provincial Architectural Artists Association, as well as a director of the Architectural Society of China and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects. Additionally, he is the editor-in-chief of the architectural magazine 《Chinese and Foreign Architecture (中外建筑)》.