Academicians

FAN Jie

Current Appointment:

Professor. Vice Chair of the Academic Committee of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS; Chair of the Academic Committee of the Institutes of Science and Development, CAS. Member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was elected as academician of CAS in 2025.

Education

Peking University, B.S., 1982, Economic Geography and Urban Planning;

Institute of Geography, CAS, M.S., 1985, Economic Geography and Industrial Distribution;

Institute of Geography, CAS, Ph.D., 1992, Human Geography and Territorial Planning.

Areas of Specialization:

Integrated Human Geography; Regional Sustainable Development; Territorial Planning and Spatial Governance.

Selected Journal Publications:

1.     Fan Jie (Co-first author; Corresponding author), Liu Baoyin, Lei Tianjie, Sun Yong, Ma Yunjia, Guo Rui, Chen Dong, Zhou Kan, Li Sisi, Gao Xiang, Exploring how economic level drives urban flood risk, Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 4857.

2.     Wang Qiang, Fan Jie (Co-first author; First corresponding author), Kwan Mei-Po, Zhou Kan, Shen Guofeng, Li Na, Wu Bowei, Lin Jian, Examining energy inequality under the rapid residential energy transition in China through household surveys, Nature Energy, 2023, 1-13.

3.     Fan Jie, Liu Hanchu, Sun Zhongrui, Yi Jiawei, Liu Baoyin, Chen Dong, Guo Rui, Sun Zhe, Zhao Hao, Stress of spatial orientation of floating populations into Tibet on fragile ecosystem—Using geo-tagged big data, People and Nature, 2023, 5(6): 1962-1976.

4.     Fan Jie, Liu Baoyin, Ming Xiaodong, Sun Yong, Qin Lianjie, The amplification effect of unreasonable human behaviours on natural disasters, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2022, 9: 322.

5.     Fan Jie, A century of integrated research on the human-environment system in Chinese human geography, Progress in Human Geography, 2022, 46: 988-1008.

6.     Fan Jie, Wang Yafei, Wang Chuansheng, Chen Tian, Jin Fengjun, Zhang Wenzhong, Li Lijuan, Xu Yong, Dai Erfu, Tao Anjun, Zhou Kan, Li Jiuyi, Tang Qing, Chen Dong, Guo Rui. Reshaping the sustainable geographical pattern: A major function zoning model and its applications in China, Earth's Future, 2019, 7(01): 25-42.

7.     Fan Jie, Yu Hu, Nature protection and human development in the Selincuo region, conflict resolution, Science Bulletin, 2019, 64(07): 425-427.

8.     Fan Jie, Wang Yafei, Ouyang Zhiyun, Li Lijuan, Xu Yong, Zhang Wenzhong, Wang Chuansheng, Xu Weihua, Li Jiuyi, Yu Jianhui, Zhou Kan, Risk forewarning of regional development sustainability based on a natural resources and environmental carrying index in China, Earth's Future, 2017, 5(1): 1-18.

9.     Fan Jie, Wang Qiang, Sun Wei, The failure of China's energy development strategy 2050 and its impact on carbon emissions, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, 49: 1160-1170.

10.   Fan Jie, Sun Wei, Ren Dongming, Renewable portfolio standard and regional energy structure optimization in China, Energy Policy, 2005, 33(08): 279-287.

11.   Wolfgang Taubmann, Fan Jie (Co-corresponding author), Die rolle der kollektiven gemeinde-und dorfindustrie im transformationsprozess des laendlichen China, Geographische Zeitschrift, 1995, 83(3): 105-124.

12.   Fan Jie, Zhou Kan, Sheng Kerong, Guo Rui, Chen Dong, Wang Yafei, Liu Hanchu, Wang Zheng, Sun Yong, Zhang Jie, Wu Jianxiong, Zhao Hao, Territorial function differentiation and its comprehensive regionalization in China. Science China Earth Sciences, 2023, 66(2): 237–270.

13.   Fan Jie, Zhao Pengjun, Zhou Shangyi, Deng Xiangzheng, Wang Chen, Disciplinary structure and development strategy of human geography in China, Acta Geographica Sinica, 2021, 76(09): 2083–2093.

14.   Fan Jie, The progress and characteristics of Chinese human geography over the past 70 years (in Chinese). Scientia Sinica Terrae, 2019, 49: 1697–1719.

15.   Fan Jie, Xu Yong, Wang Chuansheng, et al. The effects of human activities on the ecological environment of Tibet over the past half century (in Chinese), Chinese Science Bulletin, 2015, 60: 3057–3066.

16.   Fan Jie, Draft of major function oriented zoning in China, Acta Geographica Sinica, 2015, 70(02): 186–201.

17.   Fan Jie, The scientific foundation of major function oriented zoning in China, Acta Geographica Sinica, 2007, 62(04): 339–350.

18.   Fan Jie, The organization of Changzhi–Jiaozuo territorial industrial complex, Acta Geographica Sinica, 1989, 44(02): 174–184.

Selected Academic Books and Monographs:

1.    Fan Jie, et al. How Chinese Human Geographers Influence Decision Makers & Society.  Beijing: The Commercial Press & Springer, 2016.

2.    Lu Dadao, Fan Jie (Co-editor). Regional Development Research in China: A Roadmap to 2050. Beijing: Science Press & Springer, 2009.

3.    Fan Jie (Chief Editor). Functional Zoning for Territorial Spatial Development and Conservation in the Coastal Zone of Liaoning. Beijing: Science Press, 2019.

4.    Fan Jie (Chief Editor). Optimization of Territorial Spatial Development and Conservation Pattern in Guangdong Province. Beijing: Science Press, 2016.

5.    Fan Jie (Chief Editor). Comprehensive Regional Planning for the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Metropolitan Region. Beijing: Science Press, 2008.

6.    Fan Jie (Chief Editor). Assessment of Resource and Environmental Carrying Capacity for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Planning (1.Wenchuan, 2.Yushu, 3.Lushan, 4.Ludian). Beijing: Science Press, 2009/2010/2014/2016.

7.    Fan Jie, et al. Studies on the Construction of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau National Park Cluster. Beijing: Science Press, 2024.

8.    Fan Jie (Chief Editor). Technical Regulation for Major Function Zoning. Beijing: Science Press, 2019.

9.    Fan Jie (Chief Editor). Assessment Guidelines for Resource and Environmental Carrying Capacity and Territorial Development Suitability. Beijing: Science Press, 2019.

10.   Fan Jie (Chief Editor). Technical Regulation for Urban Agglomeration Planning. Beijing: Science Press, 2019.

11.   Fan Jie (Chief Editor). Technical Methods of Early-warning of Resource and Environmental Carry Capacity. Beijing: Science Press, 2019.

12.   Fan Jie, Thomas Heberer, Wolfgang Taubman. Rural China. New York: M.E. Sharpe Publisher. 2006.

PhD Program and Research Focus:

Human Geography, Regional Sustainable Development and Territorial Planning and Spatial Governance.

Email: fanj@igsnrr.ac.cn