Curriculum Vitae
1. Professional Summary
Xu Guangcai, Professor of Economics and Management with over a decade of experience at Beijing University of Agriculture. Expert in agricultural economics, rural development, agricultural heritage conservation and urban agriculture planning. Led numerous high-impact research projects funded by national and municipal bodies, published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed to policy development in modern agriculture and rural revitalization. Dedicated educator with a strong record of mentoring graduate students and advancing academic excellence.
2. Research Interests
Urban Agriculture, Ecological Economics, Agricultural Cultural Heritage, Economic Geography and A&F Economic Management
3. Selected Research Projects
1) Beijing Social Science Fund Key Project (2021.7 – 2024.7): Study on the Construction and Policy Innovation of Horizontal Ecological Compensation Mechanisms in Beijing.
2) Beijing Nuoya Farm: Doctoral Farm Planning Project (2022.4 – 2022.12)
3) Huairou District: The Seventh Batch of China’s Important Agricultural Heritage Application Plan (2023.1 – 2023.6)
4) Rural Industry Monitoring Project: ‘One Village One Product + Agricultural Cultural Heritage’ (2023)
5) Beijing Normal University: Phenological Model Crop Observation and Analysis (2021.10 – 2022.10)
6) Huabin Group: Rural Revitalization Planning and Design Consulting Project (2021.5 – 2021.10)
7) Yanqing District: National Beautiful Rural Key Demonstration Construction Plan (2021.7 – 2022.8)
8) Beijing Agricultural and Rural Bureau: 2020 Beijing Modern Agricultural Demonstration Zone, Industrial Park, and Demonstration Village Monitoring Project (2021.5 – 2021.12)
9) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Rural Industry Development and Agricultural Industry Strengthening (2020.4 – 2020.12)
10) Beijing Municipal Universities High-Level Faculty Development Plan: Young Talent Cultivation Project (2018 – 2020)
4. Selected Publications
Xu Guangcai. Urban Agriculture Standardization Research. Beijing: China Agriculture Press, 2020.
Xu Guangcai. Leisure Agriculture Planning. Beijing: National Open University Press, 2020 (2ed edition in 2025).
Xu Guangcai. Adaptive Management of Grassland Eco-Economic Systems: A Case Study of Xilingol. Beijing: China Agriculture Press, 2018.
Du H, Xu G and Lin Y (2024) Ecological compensation of agricultural heritage conservation: case of the mountainous Juglans hopeiensis planting system in Beijing. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 8: 1425738. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1425738
Mengqi Guo, Mingyi Xie, Guangcai Xu*. Sustainable Livelihood Evaluation and Influencing Factors of Rural Households: A Case Study of Beijing Ecological Conservation Areas, Sustainability 2023, 15(13), 10743; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310743
Xie Mingyi, Xu Guangcai*, et al. "Factors Influencing Farmers’ Income and Potential Growth Paths in Beijing’s Ecological Conservation Zone." Agricultural Sciences, 2022, 12(10): 94-100.
Guo Mengqi, Xu Guangcai*. Development Status and Countermeasures of Horizontal Ecological Compensation [J]. Journal of Beijing University of Agriculture, 2023, 38(02):81-86.
Xie Mingyi, Xu Guangcai*, Zhang Rui. Research on the Coupled Coordination of Agricultural Economic Development and Ecological Environmental Protection in Ecological Conservation Areas: A Case Study of Huairou District, Beijing [J]. Ecological Economy, 2021, 37(05): 119-124.
5. Professional Affiliations
Vice Director, Beijing Rural Revitalization Research Base.
Council Member, Beijing Agricultural Economics Society.
Council Member, National Alliance for Agricultural Product Processing.
Expert, Research Teams on Modern Agricultural Industrial Parks, New Rural Construction, and Rural Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Agriculture.
Journal Reviewer, Resources Science, Journal of Natural Resources, Applied Geography, Scientific Reports, among others.
6. Contact information
School of Economics and Management,Beijing University of Agriculture
Beijing, China
Email: xugc@bua.edu.cn