Daizong Liu | East Asia Director
Mr. Daizong Liu has been the director of the China Sustainable Cities Program of the World Resources Institute since 2015. Mr. Liu has over 20 years of working experience in Urban Sustainable Development Strategy, Planning and Design, Sustainable Transportation Development Policy, Planning and Design. In 2022, Mr. Daizong Liu was hired as a visiting professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape of Peking University. In addition, he was also invited to serve as the founding member of the United Nations Consultative Transportation Committee of the China Association for Science and Technology, the chair of the future transportation and sustainable development of the World Transportation Conference (WTC), Shared Mobility Expert for Councilors’ Office of the State Council, TOD Expert for the World Bank, Independent Board Member of Chongqing City Transportation Development & Investment Group Co. and the Member of Expert Committee at the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport. In 2020, his project “the Chilean new energy bus international bidding procurement and financing model innovation” won the first Global Green Finance Award issued by the International Finance Forum. Mr. Liu is a renowned public speaker on sustainable city issues. In 2017, Mr. Liu was invited by Yixi (Top Chinese Ted-talk style speech platform) to give a talk on Street for All. His speech won top 15 most popular talks in 2017 and more than 5,000,000 video views. In 2014, Mr. Liu established a non-profit social media platform with WeChat and Weibo public accounts named SustainableCity, and has developed it as the largest We Media in the field of sustainable development and transportation in China. He obtained Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from National University of Singapore, and Bachelor’s degree in Transportation Engineering from Southeast University in China.
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Zhu Xianyuan | East Asia Deputy Director
Xianyuan has been with ITDP since 2010, initially as transport specialist managing the BRT improvement and impact analysis in Guangzhou and Lanzhou and currently as the Deputy Director of ITDP China. As well as working for ITDP, she has worked as a consultant to Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and UN-Habitat funded urban transport projects in Asian, African and Oceanian cities. She has been managing sustainable development projects for the past 10 years in around 10 countries and over 20 cities, dealing with several topics, including urban mobility, urban development, child friendly city and communication. More recently, she has been involved in projects in Tianjin GEF TOD project, Penang sustainable urban mobility plan, Guangzhou East train station TOD project, and Lanzhou BRT impact analysis. Xianyuan holds a master’s degree in Transport Engineering from Shandong University, China, where she spent one year working in transport research center after finishing her degree.
Liu Shaokun | Vice Country Director
Shaokun Liu is the Vice Country Director of ITDP-China, he has been promoting sustainable and equitable transportation in China, and was ITDP-China NMT, Greenway, Parking and TDM project team leader. Since 2009 He has been working on urban and sustainable transportation projects in several China cities. He has been worked as a consultant to Asian Development Bank and World Bank on many sustainable transportation projects in China, Malaysia, Philippines, Laos, Indonesia, Mongolia, etc., and has working on greenway planning & design in several cities in worldwide. He knows the challenges and opportunities for Greenway developing in China and South East Asia cities very well，and wrote the book “Urban Greenway System Optimum Design”.
Bi Lei | Operation Director
Bi Lei has been working for ITDP since 2009, initially as Administrative Assistant, Office Manager and now as Operation Director. She is in charge of all operation management work in both Guangzhou and Beijing offices, including finance and accounting, daily administration, human recourses and relationship with local partners. She is also involved in project bidding preparation and program fund management.
Li Wei | Chief Technical Officer
Li Wei is a senior traffic and transportation engineer. Her work has primarily focused on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and non-motorized transport (NMT). As well as working for ITDP, she has worked as a consultant to Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and UN-Habitat funded urban transport projects in Asian, African and Oceanian cities. She was part of ITDP’s team working on the sustainable transport projects in Guangzhou, Yichang, Lanzhou, Jinan, Tianjin, Nanning, Guiyang, Jiuquan & Hetian, Ulaanbaatar, Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru & Penang, Jakarta & Medan, Vientiane, Manila, Suva and Cairo. Wei graduated from the South China University of Technology in 2005.
Deng Han | Deputy Chief Technical Officer
Deng Han is the Deputy Chief Technical Officer of ITDP China and a consultant of the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank who focuses on Urban Innovative Transportation, Non-motorized Traffic, Child-friendly City and Sustainable Transportation Policy. He has worked intensively on the sustainable transportation projects in Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin, Manila, Jakarta, Melaka, Peshawar, Guiyang, etc., and several research reports and planning guidelines, such as China Child-friendly City Blue Paper, Access for All-Guidance Note on Inclusive Street Design for Asia and the Pacific and China NMT Bluepaper. More than 30 relevant research findings were published in ITDP official website, China Daily, Financial Times, The City at Eye Level, BloombergNEF, etc.
Huang Yanwen | Transportation Engineer
Yanwen is a transportation engineer based in the Guangzhou office and also serves as a transportation specialist for the World Bank. Since joining ITDP, she has conducted extensive research on the development of low emission zones in Guangzhou, Jinan, Anlu, Yichang, Tbilisi (Georgia), and Jakarta (Indonesia). Her research encompasses a range of areas, including parking reform, improvement of non-motorized transportation systems, and enhancement of public transit services. Moreover, she actively engages in issues related to child-friendly urban design and the creation of female-friendly cycling environments. Her dedication lies in promoting transportation modes that are fair, safe, and sustainable, with a particular focus on helping diverse communities adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. Yanwen has contributed to a podcast discussing parking reform, which is now available on Spotify. She has also participated as a keynote speaker "The opportunities of low emission zones" webniar on youtube. Yanwen holds both a bachelor's and master's degree from Zhongshan University. During her studies, she directed her attention towards research on traffic safety and public transportation travel intentions, further enhancing her expertise in these areas.
Hu Qianqian | Urban Planner
Bachelor's degree in Forestry from Anhui Agricultural University and master’s degree in Urban Design from Cardiff University. She focused on social equity and research on urban morphology under TOD during her postgraduate studies.
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Li Shanshan | Vice Country Director
Shanshan Li is the Vice Country Director of ITDP-China. She joined ITDP since 2009 with a master degree on Transportation Engineering, and currently she is leading ITDP Beijing office. She has been working on urban planning and sustainable transportation projects, and accumulated a lot of experience and knowledge on planning, design, and implementation of BRT, NMT and TOD projects. She has been worked as a consultant to Asian Development Bank and World Bank on many sustainable transportation projects in China and Asian cities. She worked as a project manager on Yichang BRT and NMT planning, design, implementation and operation project (Yichang BRT system opened at July, 2015, and won 2016 Sustainable Transportation Award), and she worked intensively on the sustainable transportation projects in Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Vientiane, Tianjin, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Jakarta, Johor Bahru, and etc.
Lu Qiuyang | Senior Transportation Engineer
Qiuyang is a Senior Transportation Engineer at Institute for Transport & Development Policy (ITDP), specializing in transport demand modeling, public policy, logistics and supply chain management, and data analytics. Her recent projects focus on policy analysis of electric vehicles and sustainable urban transport development. Qiuyang graduated from an intercollegiate master’s program in Transport from Imperial College London and University College London. She also holds two bachelor’s degrees in Business Management (Logistics and Operations) from Cardiff University and Transportation from Dalian Maritime University.
Zheng Yuetong | Transportation Engineer
As a Transportation Engineer at ITDP, Yuetong Zheng focuses on policy analysis and vehicle electrification, and have supported projects including electric two- and three-wheelers research and truck electrification strategy design. Prior to joining ITDP, Yuetong accumulated experience in working with EV manufacturers at Tesla and US-China Business Council (USCBC), and later joined World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Electric School Bus Initiative, in which she was deeply involved in studies on charging system and battery supply chain. Her co-authored technical reports and data dashboard have helped inform U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Program and have been quoted by multiple media outlets, including Bloomberg, New York Times and CNBC. Yuetong received her B.A. in Applied Psychology from Boston College, and later studied International Political Economy and obtained her M.A. from Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service.