Dr. Qiu Baoxing, former Vice Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of P. R. China, is the Counsellor of the State Council, China. He is also the president of Chinese Society for Urban Studies, the president of Urban Planning Society of China, and the Chairman of IWA China Committee. He holds a PhD in Economics and a PhD in Urban Planning. He is a senior urban planner, as well as visiting professor, adjunct professor or PhD supervisor at various universities, such as Chinese Academy of Social Science, Tongji University, Tsinghua University and Cardiff University. His selected publications include Coping with Opportunities and Challenges: Main Problems and Solutions in Strategic Research of China Urbanization, and Reform of Urban Planning During the Course of China’s Urbanization, etc.