Dr. Chen Zhigang is Qiushi Chair Professor of the School of Public Affairs at Zhejiang University and International Dean of China Academy for Rural Development (CARD). He is also co-founder of Rural Development Foundation and Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. He is editor-in-chief of International Food and Agribusiness Management Review and co-editor of China Agricultural Economic Review. He is a member of Independent Expert Group (IEG) for Global Nutrition Report (GNR). 

He was an associate professor at the Department of Resource Economics and Sociology at the University of Alberta from 1995-2004. He also served as an editor for Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics in 2003-04. His interests focus on the impact of major shocks on China's agriculture and rural areas, agri-food value chain development, public policies on poverty, and modeling of food, environment, and health nexus.