Education & Working Experience

2025.2 - Present: Professor/Doctoral Supervisor, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing

2024.11- Present: Deputy Director of the Institute of Rural Revitalization and County Economic Development,  University of Science and Technology Beijing

2021.02-2025.02: Associate Researcher (in 2021), Researcher/Doctoral Supervisor/Deputy Dean (in 2023), Research Institute of Biology and Agriculture, University of Science and Technology Beijing

During this period, 2023-2024: Visiting Scholar at Wageningen University, Netherlands.

2015-2021: Associate Researcher at China Rural Technology Development Center.

During this period, 2018-2019: Visiting Scholar at Cornell University, USA; 2015-2017: Postdoctoral Fellow at the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University.

2012-2015: Institute of Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Doctor.

2010-2012: Assistant Researcher at China Rural Technology Development Center.

2008-2010: School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Master.

2004-2008: School of Environment and Natural Resources / School of Finance and Banking, Renmin University of China, Double Bachelor.

Research projects

1. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Soft Science Project: "Research on Application Scenarios, Existing Problems, and Countermeasures for Green Development in Agriculture and Rural Areas," 2022-2023, Principal Investigator.

2. China Rural Technology Development Center Commissioned Project: "Cross-border Integration of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation and Talent Cultivation," 2023-2024, Principal Investigator.

3. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Agricultural Economics and Development Institute Commissioned Project: "Data Analysis and Testing for Agricultural Green Development under the Dual Carbon Background," 2022-2023, Principal Investigator.

4. Beijing Science and Technology Nova Program: "Biological Breeding and Functional Food Development for Nutritional Health" (20220484114), 2022-2024, Principal Investigator.

5. National Key R&D Program Project: "Research on Bioactive Substance Characteristics and Spectrum Library Construction of Whole Grain Raw Materials" (2022YFF1100501), 2022-2026,  Principal Investigator.

Academic Achievements

Representative Papers

1. Xun Wei* (First author/Co - corresponding author),...Xiangyuan Wan*. Knowledge Mapping of Bioeconomy: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 373: 133824.

2. Yilin Zhao,...Xun Wei* (Corresponding author). How maize - legume intercropping and rotation contribute to food security and environmental sustainability. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024, 434, 140150.

3. Feifei Chen,...Xun Wei* (Co - corresponding author), Xiangyuan Wan*. Impact of new maize variety adoption on yield and fertilizer input in China: Implications for sustainable food and agriculture. Agricultural Systems, 2024, 218, 104004.

4. Xun Wei* (First author/Co - corresponding author), Aqing Pu, Qianqian Liu,... Yan Long*. Commercialization and Supervision Policies of Crop Gene Editing Technology in China and Other Main Countries. ACS Agricultural Science and Technology, 2022, 2, 167 - 173.

5. Jin Shuqin, Bin Zhang, Bi Wu, Dongmei Han, Yu Hu, Xun Wei, et al. Decoupling livestock and crop production at the household level in China. Nature Sustainability, 2020, 4(1): 48 - 55.

Representative Publications

1. Matthew C. Ogwu, Sylvester C. Izah, Jorge Vazquez - Arenas, Shiferaw T. Feleke, Xun Wei (Editors - in - Chief). Sustainable Bioeconomy Development in the Global South – Volume II Bioeconomy Techniques. Springer Nature, 2024.

2. Xun Wei, Feifei Chen. Bio - economy and Sustainable Agricultural Development. Beijing: China Development Press, 2024 (In press).

3. Xun Wei, Shuqin Jin. Recycling and Management of Pesticide Packaging Waste. Beijing: Chemical Industry Press, 2016.

4. Cong Liang, Xiangyuan Wan, Xueli An, Suowei Wu, Yan Long, Xun Wei, et al. China Bio - economy Development Report 2023. Beijing: Science Press, 2023.

5. Xiaoming Deng, Chuanfan Sun, Cheng Chen, Yiqiang Ge, Xun Wei (Manuscript - coordinating Editors), et al. On the New Agricultural Science and Technology Revolution. Beijing: China Agricultural Press, 2021. 

Honors and Awards:

1. Beijing Science and Technology Nova, Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, 2022.

2. "Tianchi Talent" Distinguished Expert of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Human Resources and Social Security Department, 2024.

3. First Prize of Beijing Technology Invention Award (Rank 9), Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, 2023.

4. China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Individual Award, China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Promotion Association, 2022.

5. Excellent Instructor Award for the National Bronze Prize in the 13th "Challenge Cup" Chinese College Students Entrepreneurship Plan Competition (Rank 1), Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, Ministry of Education, etc., 2022.