Linyi Zheng, Ph.D. in Management, is a Distinguished Associate Research Fellow and Master’s Supervisor at the China Academy for Rural Development (CARD) and School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, and currently holds concurrent positions including Deputy Secretary-General of the Disciplinary Special Committee, Chinese Society of Agricultural Technology Economics (CSATE); Secretary of the Professional Committee for Rural Development Discipline Construction, Chinese Society for Rural Development (CSRD); Committee Member of the Agricultural Modernization Branch, Chinese Agricultural Society (CAS); Committee Member of the Youth Working Committee, Chinese Society of Agricultural Technology Economics (CSATE); Young Editorial Board Member of China Land Science and Journal of Integrative Agriculture; and Associate Editor of Modern Agriculture. His primary research interests focus on land systems and land economics, the history of agricultural economic thought, and disciplinary development, and in recent years, he has presided over more than 10 projects funded by bodies such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education, served as the chief editor of Handbook of Chinese Agricultural Economics & Management, translated An Introduction to The Study of Agricultural Economics—the world’s first university textbook on agricultural economics—and published over 50 papers in leading domestic and international journals, including Economic Research Journal, China Economic Quarterly, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Rural Studies, and Energy Economics.