Huang Xianjin is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, and a Distinguished Professor of the Changjiang Scholar Program of the Ministry of Education. He currently serves as the University Librarian of Nanjing University, Director of the Center for Human Geography Research at Nanjing University, Director of the Key Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality and Territorial Space Optimization of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Vice President of the China Land Science Society, Vice President of the China Society of Natural Resources and Chairman of its Education Working Committee, and Chief Scientist of the Jiangsu Provincial Green Development Research Base.
Professor Huang has long been engaged in research on land economy and policy, resource and environmental economics, and territorial spatial planning. He has led more than 20 major projects, including those supported by the Major Program of the National Social Science Fund of China, the National Science and Technology Support Program, the Public Welfare Industry Special Fund of the Ministry of Natural Resources, and international cooperation programs. He has published over 150 papers in journals such as Nature Cities, Science Advances, Science China Earth Sciences, and Xinhua Digest. He proposed the concept of Housing Utilization Efficiency (HUE) and developed a framework for assessing sustainable development in transboundary river basins. He has also authored or edited more than 10 textbooks and monographs, including Theory of Farmland Prices, Land Economics, and Land Policy Studies. He has twice received awards from the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation and has won first and second prizes for scientific and technological progress or outstanding achievements in philosophy and social sciences at the provincial/ministerial level on ten occasions. He has led or participated in the formulation of multiple policy recommendations and standards related to territorial spatial planning and land management system reform.
1） Shi, L.F.; Leichtle, T.; Huang, X.J.; Wurm, M.; Taubenböck, H. The decreasing housing utilization efficiency in China’s cities. Nature Cities, 2025, 2: 70-80.
2） Qi, X., Liu Z., Zhou Y., et al. (2026). Coordinated pathways to a low-carbon, healthy, and equitable food system in China. Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2026.02.018(SCI Q1, IF=21.1)
3） Zhong, S.J.; Huang, X.J.; Mao, X.Y. Deciphering China's urban-rural income gap: A multi-level analysis, 2006–2020. Cities, 2026, 168: 106488.
4） Wang, M.C.; Huang, X.J.; Song, Y.Y.; Sun, R. The spatial impacts of multifunctional farmland use transition on the urban-rural income gap: A major function-oriented zoning perspective. Cities, 2025, 167: 106385.
5） Jia, K.Y.; Huang, X.J.; Qiao, W.F.; Zhong, S.J. Unpacking divergent rural-urban land use dynamics in county urbanization: A comparative socio-spatial analytics approach. Cities, 2024, 154: 105343.
6） Qiao, W.Y.; Hu, B.; Guo, Z.; Huang, X.J. Evaluating the sustainability of land use integrating SDGs and its driving factors: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, China. Cities, 2023, 143: 104569.
7） Li, L.; Huang, X.J.; Yang, H. Scenario-based urban growth simulation by incorporating ecological-agricultural-urban suitability into a Future Land Use Simulation model. Cities, 2023, 137: 104334.
8） Liu, Y.; Huang, X.J.; Zhang, Z.X.; Qi, X.X. Spatiotemporal dynamics and anthropogenic drivers of geological hazard prevention efficiency in China. Cities, 2023, 143: 104607.
9） Qi, X.X.; Feng, K.S.; Sun, L.X.; Zhao, D.D.; Huang, X.J.; Zhang, D.X.; Liu, Z.M.; Baiocchi, G. Rising agricultural water scarcity in China is driven by expansion of irrigated cropland in water scarce regions. One Earth, 2022, 5: 1139-1152.
10） Wang, M.C.; Huang, X.J. Inhibit or promote: Spatial impacts of multifunctional farmland use transition on grain production from the perspective of major function-oriented zoning. Habitat International, 2024, 152: 103172.
11） Wu, C.Y.; Wei, Y.D.; Huang, X.J.; Chen, B. Economic transition, spatial development and urban land use efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Habitat International, 2017, 63: 67-78.
12） Wang, M.C.; Lin, N.N.; Dong, Y.M.; Huang, X.J.; Ma, Y.X.; Tang, Y.F. The impact of farmland use transition on CO2 emissions and its spatial spillover effects from the perspective of major function-oriented zoning: The case of Huang-Huai-Hai plain. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023, 103: 107254.
13） Wu, Z.; Huang, X.J.; Chen, R.S.; Mao, X.Y.; Qi, X.X. The United States and China on the paths and policies to carbon neutrality. Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, 320: 115785.
14） Liu, Y.; Zhang, Z.X.; Huang, X.J. A novel coupling cloud decision-making framework for investigating population-economy-water consumption nexus in the Inner Mongolia reaches of the Yellow River, China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023, 98: 106923.
15） Li, L.; Huang, X.J.; Wu, D.F.; Yang, H. Construction of ecological security pattern adapting to future land use change in Pearl River Delta, China. Applied Geography, 2023, 154: 102946.
16） Wu, C.Y.; Chen, B.; Huang, X.J.; Wei, Y.H.D. Effect of land-use change and optimization on the ecosystem service values of Jiangsu province, China. Ecological Indicators, 2020, 117: 106507.
17） Lu, Q.L.; Fang, K.; Heijungs, R.; Feng, K.S.; Li, J.S.; Wen, Q.; Li, Y.M.; Huang, X.J. Imbalance and drivers of carbon emissions embodied in trade along the Belt and Road Initiative. Applied Energy, 2020, 280: 115934.
18） Lai, L.; Huang, X.J.; Yang, H.; Chuai, X.W.; Zhang, M.; Zhong, T.Y.; Chen, Z.G.; Chen, Y.; Wang, X.; Thompson, J.R. Carbon emissions from land-use change and management in China between 1990 and 2010. Sci Adv, 2016, 2: e1601063.
19） Chuai, X.W.; Huang, X.J.; Lu, Q.L.; Zhang, M.; Zhao, R.Q.; Lu, J.Y. Spatiotemporal Changes of Built-Up Land Expansion and Carbon Emissions Caused by the Chinese Construction Industry. Environ Sci Technol, 2015, 49: 13021-13030.
1. Bi Jun, Ma Zongwei, Gao Qi, Cao Guozhi, Huang Xianjin. Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment. Beijing: China Environment Publishing Group, 2020.
2. Huang Xianjin, Ge Yang, Jin Xiaobin, Zhong Taiyang. Natural Resource Economics. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2021.
3. Huang Xianjin, Tang Shuangshuang. Research on the "Three Land Parcels" Reform and the Realization of Rural Land Rights and Interests. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 2020.
4. Zhang Jingxiang, Huang Xianjin. Principles of Territorial Spatial Planning. Nanjing: Southeast University Press, 2021.
5. Huang Xianjin, Qi Xinxian, Wang Qingbin, Zhong Taiyang. China's Cultivated Land Protection and Food Security Toward 2035. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 2024.
1. Research on the Land Regulation System Characterized by Low-Carbon Emissions, Major Bidding Project of the National Social Science Fund of China, 2010–2013
2. Household Land Use Change Responses to Regional Agricultural Market Development: A Case Study of Typical Villages and Households in the Yangtze River Delta, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2009–2012
3. Carbon Emission Effects and Regulation of Land Use Planning, Public Welfare Industry Research Special Fund of the Ministry of Land and Resources, 2008–2010
4. Preliminary Study on the Material Metabolism Response Effects of Regional Land Use Change, New Century Support Program of the Ministry of Education, 2006–2008
5. Farmland Transfer Behavior of Microeconomic Agents and Associated Land Use Change Responses and Management in the Yangtze River Delta Region, NSFC, 2004–2006
6. Household Behavior Responses to Regional Agricultural Marketization Reform and Their Effects on Soil and Water Conservation, NSFC, 2002–2004
7. Indicator System and Policy Framework for Circular Economy Development Models, Preferred Project of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation of the Ministry of Education, 2003–2007
1. Vice President (9th Council), China Society of Natural Resources
2. Vice President and Chairman of the Education Working Committee, China Society of Natural Resources
3. Chief Scientist, Jiangsu Provincial Green Development Research Base
1. Second Prize of the 17th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences for Resources, Environment, and Green Development in the Yangtze River Basin (2023)
2. Third Prize of the 16th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences for Research on the "Three Land Parcels" Reform and the Realization of Rural Land Rights and Interests (2020)
3. Second Prize of the Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education for Theory of Farmland Prices (ranked first)
4. First Prize of Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences for Research on China's Land System (ranked second)
5. Second Prize of Science and Technology Award of the Ministry of Land and Resources for Research on Land Use Zoning and Control (ranked fifth)
6. First Prize of Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Higher Education for Series of Teaching Reforms and Innovations in Land Economics (ranked second)
7. First Prize of Nanjing Municipal Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences for Research on Urban Rational Development and Operational Mechanism Innovation (ranked first)
8. Jiangsu Provincial Model of Teacher Ethics, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, et al.
Mailing Address: No. 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210023, China
Postal Code: 210023
Affiliation: Nanjing University
Email: hxj369@nju.edu.cn
