Wu Zhiqiang

Professor, doctoral supervisor

Research Orientation

Urban and rural sustainable development theory and planning

Key fields: urban development strategy and policy, urban planning and urban design theory, smart urbanization

Degree education

Apr. 1988- Feb. 1994: majored in Institute of Urban and Regional Planning (ISR) at the Technische Universität Berlin and earned the degree of Doctor of Engineering

Sep. 1982-May 1985: majored in Urban Planning at Tongji University and earned the degree of Master of Engineering

Aug. 1978-Jul. 1982: majored in Urban Planning at Tongji University and earned the degree of Bachelor of Engineering

Work Experience

2011.10-present: working as Vice President at Tongji University

Sep 2009- Sep. 2011: worked as President Assistant at Tongji University

Nov. 2010- Dec. 2014: worked as Chief Planner during Qingdao World Horticultural Expo 2014

Oct. 2004- Oct. 2010: worked as Chief Planner of Shanghai World Expo 2010

Jun. 2003- Aug. 2009: worked as Dean of Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Jun. 1999- May 2003: worked as Deputy Dean of Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Nov. 1996- May 1999: worked as Deputy Director of the Urban Planning and Architecture Research Institute, Tongji University

Mar. 1994- Oct. 1996: worked as Principal Researcher in Circum-Berlin Institute for Urban and Architectural Research

May 1988- Feb. 1994: worked as a lecturer (Faculty Doctor) in the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning, Berlin Institute of Technology

May 1985- Apr. 1988: worked as a lecturer in Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Academic post

Mar. 2015-present: convener of the Urban and Rural Planning Discipline Review Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council

Jun. 2013-present: Fellow of AIA, Hon. FAIA

Sep. 2010-present: Academician of IVA

Sep. 2010-present: Vice President of China Association of Building Energy Efficiency

Mar. 2010-present: Deputy Director of China Green Building and Energy Conservation Committee and head of Green Campus Group

May 2008- Dec. 2008: Head of the Post-Disaster Reconstruction Planning Experts Group of the Ministry of Construction

Oct. 2005- Oct. 2013: Chairman of the National Steering Committee for the Urban Planning Program of Colleges and Universities

Jul. 2005- Jul. 2007: Chairman of the Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA)

Mar. 2005-present: Director of the Editorial Board of Urban Planning Forum

Sep. 2004- present: Vice Chairman of China Urban Planning Society

Jul. 2001-present: Co-Chairman of GPEAN

January 2001 – present: Secretary-General of the first World Planning School Congress (WPSC2001)

He took charge of the following major scientific research projects in the latest 5 years

(1) Research on Intelligent Construction Strategy of China’s New Urbanization, a key project of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2015, 2014-2015

(2) Space/Transportation/Logistics/Additional Sub-project: Research on Smart City Evaluation System, the third sub-project of Research on the Strategies for Smart City Construction and Promotion in China, a major consulting project of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2013-2014

(3) Smart City Planning and Construction and Big Data Strategy (project No. 2014-XX-01 2014-2015), the third sub-project of Research on Smart City Construction and Big Data Strategy, a major consulting project of Chinese Academy of Engineering

(4) A sub-project of Research on the Strategies for the Development of Urbanized Roads with Chinese Characteristics, a major consulting project of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2011-2012

(5) The Interactive Relationship between Industrial Development and Big Data in the Yangtze River Delta Region, the fourth sub-project of Shanghai Academician Center of Chinese Academy of Engineering: Spatial Evolution law of the Big Data Industry’s Urban Regional Development, 2014-2015

(6) 2014 Annual Report on Research on the Construction of China’s Smart City Theory System and its Development Strategy in the Context of the Coming Urban Society, a major project of philosophy and social science project, 2012-2014

(7) 12th Five-Year Plan for Cultural and Creative Industries in Yangpu District, a project of the Cultural and Creative Industry Promotion Leading Group of Yangpu District in 2012

(8) A planning sub-project of Technical Guidelines for the Development and Utilization of Land and Spatial Resources, a special science and technology project for Chongming Island of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (project number: 08DZ1205702), 2008-2010

(9) Research on the Integration of Shenyang and Benxi, Liaoning, a project of Liaoning Provincial Department of Construction (project number: 081478), 2008-2011

(10) Research on the Ecological Planning and Intelligent Design of Chongming Island, a special science and technology project for Chongming Island of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (project number: 10DZ0583800), 2010-2012

(11) Research on World Expo Planning and Construction Technology Application and Development Trend, a planning and construction sub-project of the special science and technology project of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (project number: 10dz0581403), 2010-2011

(12) Research and Demonstration of Key Ecological Planning and Ecological Restoration Technologies (project number: 2007BAC28B00); Research and Application Demonstration of Comprehensive Ecological Design Technology Integration in Major Urban Projects (project number: 2007BAC28B05), key science and technology support projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology during the 11th Five-Year Plan period, 2008-2011

(13) Key Technologies for Dynamic Monitoring of Urbanization and Village & Town Construction (project number: 2006BAJ11B00); Research on the Integration of Urban and Rural Dynamic Monitoring Technologies (project number: 2006BAJ11B08), key science and technology support projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology during the 11th Five-Year Plan period, 2007-2010

(14) Research on the Collective Energy Efficiency of the Spatial Structure of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration by Using the DEA Model, a general project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project number: 50778126), 2008-2010

Awards and various talent programs

(1) The first prize for scientific and technological progress in Shanghai, Expo Park Simulated Evaluation and Layout Derivation Technology Innovation and Planning Application, provincial and ministerial level, first prize, ranking: first, 2011, Certificate No.: 20114319-1-R01

(2) The first prize for scientific and technological progress of the Ministry of Education, Research on Sustainably Developing Chinese Human Settlement Evaluation System and Mode, provincial and ministerial level, first prize, ranking: second, 2005, certificate number: 2004-127

(3) First prize for national excellent urban and rural planning and design, Detailed Planning of 2010 Shanghai World Expo Planning Area in China, provincial and ministerial level, first prize, ranking: first, 2008

(4) First prize for excellent urban and rural planning and design in Shanghai, Overall Planning for Dujiangyan Post-Disaster Reconstruction from 2008 to 2020, provincial and ministerial level, first prize, ranking: second, 2010

(5) Annual Outstanding Award of IDEA-KING, Gold Award of International House View, and first prize for excellent planning and design in Shandong, Overall Planning for Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Park in 2014, provincial and ministerial level, first prize, ranking: first, 2014

(6) First prize for excellent urban planning and design, Planning and Design for New East Lake Hotel in Wuhan, provincial and ministerial level, first prize, ranking: first, 2006, certificate number: 20061010

Main works in recent years

(1) Shanghai World Expo Construction Book Series: Shanghai World Expo Planning Fascicule, Shanghai World Expo Landscaping Fascicule, 2010, ranking: first, corresponding author, main co-authors: Xu Yisong, Chen Min, Xi Qunfeng, Zhu Wei, and Zhang Lang; published by: Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers.

(2) Shanghai World Expo’s Sustainable Planning and Design (Chinese and English versions), 2009, ranking: first, corresponding author; published by: China Architecture & Building Press.

(3) Principles of Urban Planning (4th Edition), 2010, ranking: first, corresponding author, main co-authors: Li Dehua; published by: China Architecture and Building Press.

(4) Globalisierung der Großstadte um die Jahrtausendwende, 1994, ranking: first, corresponding author; published by: ISR Press, Berlin, Germany.

(5) Sustainably Developing Chinese Human Settlement Evaluation System, 2004, ranking: first, corresponding author, main co-authors: Wei Fang; published by: Science Press.

Contact information:

wus@tongji.edu.cn