LI Xiaoyun
Gender：male
Birth Date：1961-12
Educational Background：Ph.D. in Agronomy
Employer：China Agricultural University
Position：Honorary Dean of College of International Development and Global Agriculture (CIDGA) / Professor of College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD)
Academic Title：Chair Professor of China Agricultural University
Email：xiaoyun@cau.edu.cn
1978.03 - 1982.01 Ningxia University, B.A. Agronomy
1982.03 - 1985.07 China Agricultural University, M.Sc. Agronomy
1985.09 - 1987.07 China Agricultural University, Ph.D. in Agronomy
1987 - 1989 assistant researcher of the Department of Rural Policy in Central Policy Research Office
1989 - 1994 Chinese deputy representative and executive deputy director of the China-Germany Center for Integrated Agricultural Development
1994 - 1998 Director of International rural development, CAU
1998 - 2002 Dean of College of Rural Development, CAU
2002 - 2015 Dean of College of Humanities and Development Studies(COHD),CAU
2015 - 2017 Professor of College of Humanities and Development Studies(COHD), CAU
2017.12 - 2019.05 Dean of China Institute for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture (CISSCA), CAU
2019.06 - now Honorary Dean of College of International Development and Global Agriculture (CIDGA) /China Institute for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture (CISSCA), CAU
He is also the Chair of the Network of Southern Think Tanks (NeST), and China International Development Research Network. He used to be the Director of OECD-DAC China Group, vising professor at London School of Economics and Political Science and Oslo University and visiting fellow at Germany Institute for Development. He is a senior advisor for the Chinese Government, the World Bank (WB), United Nations (UN), German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), The Department for International Development (DFID) of United Kingdom, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and many other international development organizations.
international development, aid, agriculture, poverty reduction, gender and development, sustainable resource management etc.
master degree or above, minimum 15 years of relevant experience at the national and/or international level
1．Sachin Chaturvedi, Heiner Janus, Stephan Klingebiel, Li Xiaoyun, et al (eds). The Palgrave Handbook of Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 2021.
2．Tang Lixia, Li Xiaoyun and Langton Mukwereza. Blurring the Lines between Aid and Business: An Ethnographic Study of the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre in Zimbabwe. China: An International Journal, 2018, 16 (1): 23–44.
3．Xiaoyun Li, Jing Gu, Samuel Leistner, Lídia Cabral. Perspectives on the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. IDS Bulletin, 2018, 49 (3).
4．Xiuli Xu, Xiaoyun Li, Gubo Qi, Lixia Tang, Langton Mukwereza. Science, Technology and the Politics of Knowledge: The Case of China’s Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers in Africa. World Development, 2016, 81: 82–91.
5．Griffith- Stephany Griffith-Jones, Li Xiaoyun and Stephen Spratt. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: What Can It Learn From, and Perhaps Teach To, the Multilateral Development Banks? IDS Evidence Report 179, 2016, Brighton: IDS.
6．Xiaoyun Li, Taidong Zhou. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: The Role for the G20 from China’s Perspective. China & World Economy, 2016, 24(4): 55–72.
7．Xiaoyun Li, Dan Banik, Lixia Tang and Jin Wu. Difference or Indifference: China’s Development Assistance Unpacked. IDS Bulletin, 2014, 45 (4):22-35.
8．Gubo QI, Zhenhua Liang, Xiaoyun Li, Christian Conversion. The Reimagining of Illness and Healthcare in Rural China. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 2014, 15(5):396-413.
9．Chuanhong Zhang, Qijie Gao , Xiaoyun Li. The Impact of Rural urban migration on Gender Relations in Chinese Households. Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, 2013, 19(1):39-64.
10．Xiaoyun Li, Tang Lixia, Xu Xiuli, Qi Gubo and Wang Haimin. What can Africa Learn from China’s Experience in Agricultural Development? IDS Bulletin, 2013, 44 (4).
11．Li Xiaoyun and Dan Banik. The Pursuit of Inclusive Development in China: From Developmental to Rights-Based Social Protection. Indian Journal of Human Development, 2013, 7 (1).
12．JG Taylor, Xiaoyun Li. China's Changing Poverty: A Middle-Income Country Case Study. Journal of International Development, 2012, 24(6): 696-713.
13．Xiaoyun Li, What can Africa learn from China's Agricultural Miracle？OECD, Development Co-operation Report 2013: Ending Poverty, OECD publishing.
14．Li Xiaoyun, Qi Gubo, Tang Lixia, Zhao Lixia, Jin Leshan. Agricultural Development in China and Africa, 2012, Routledge.
15．Li Xiaoyun, Joe Remenyi, Making Poverty Mapping and Monitoring Participatory. Development in Practice 2008, 18 (4-5): 599-610.
