**About the Editors**

### **Hongxiao Liu**

Liu Hongxiao is an associated researcher in South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on urban ecosystem service assessment as well as greenspace and human mental health. She is leading projects on urban cultural ecosystem service assessment and mental health service modelling, integrating such information in green infrastructure planning. Currently, she also works on urban biodiversity restoration and ecosystem service improvement project. She obtained her PhD at the eco-environmental research center, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

#### **Tong Wu**

Tong Wu is a Senior Scientist for the Natural Capital Project at Stanford University. His research is centered on the challenges and prospects of sustainable development in China and the Global South. Topics that he has worked on include the mainstreaming of ecosystem services in management and planning, the role of nature in improving public health outcomes, and strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Currently, a major research focus is the development of gross ecosystem product (GEP) as a policy instrument for aligning environmental and socio-economic imperatives. Tong received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and his doctorate from Arizona State University.

#### **Yuan Li**

Yuan Li is an associate researcher at the Northwest Land and Resources Research Center of Shaanxi Normal University. He received his PhD degree in Water and Soil Conservation and Desertification Control in 2016. His research interests mainly focus on the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature and sustainable development, including rural revitalization, urban green space, ecological restoration, and efficient utilization of agricultural resources. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (41807041), Shaanxi Key R&D Program (2022NY-191), and other funding agencies have supported his research. In addition, he has published many works in high-impact journals and published books and book chapters with internationally renowned publishing houses. He is also a young scholar involved in the ecological protection of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province and a science and technology expert in Xi'an City.
