Professor Li Shirong FCIOB

Professor Li Shirong works for the Chongqing Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Commission as deputy director, being responsible for promotion of foreign investment in Chongqing.

Between 2003 and 2006, she worked in local government as vice mayor and was responsible for urban development and construction. The authorities under her direct leadership included the urban planning bureau, land bureau, construction commission, housing bureau, environment protection bureau and public works bureau.

Li Shirong is also a part-time professor of construction management at Chongqing University. She has worked at the university for more than 20 years before joining the local government.

Her academic work focuses on China’s construction industry in transition, sustainable urbanisation, the government’s role in construction, management of urban planning, designing, tendering and construction, private finance, industrialised building systems and the international construction market.

Professor Li has published more than 170 academic papers and 26 books, both in China and abroad.