Shilin Liu, Ph.D. Head and Chief Expert of the Institute of Urban Science in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Head of SJTU-PHICOMM Smart City Research Center, Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, Expert in cultural strategies and urban science, a member of National 13th Five-Year Plan Expert Committee, a member of the Instructing Committee in National Educational International Trial Area.   

He serves as the Editor-in-chief of Annual Report of China Metropolitanization Advance which is sponsored by Education Ministry, Annual   Report of China Mega-city Regions, and the ournal of China Urban Science，the Vice President of Grand Cannel Cultural Institute of China Cultural Communication Group, the Director of Administrative Culture Committee in China Research Institute of Administrative Institution Reform, Standing Director of China Association for Anthropologies of Art, the Director of China Society of Aesthetics, Vice-president   of Shanghai Folklore and Culture Society.