Professor KE Ling is a PhD in Management and Master Supervisor. She is the Head of the Department of Social Cooperation at IIDPF, and a Visiting Scholar at Peking University. She has chaired 8 provincial and ministerial-level projects and participated in 3 national-level projects. She has published 3 monographs and more than ten academic papers in core Chinese journals. She has authored over ten research reports that have received affirmative instructions from provincial and ministerial leaders and have been adopted by government departments such as the Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology and the Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone. She has received various awards, including the Hubei Development Research Award and the 18th Wuhan Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award, etc.