Lin Wang
Wang Lin is a professor of the Architecture Department in the Design School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a researcher of China Urban Governance Institute, and the director of Center for Urban Studies focusing on regeneration, preservation, and innovation of cities.
Prior to her current position, she worked at Shanghai Planning and Land Resource Administration Bureau from 1998 to 2015, where she held the posts of the director of Preservation Department, as well as the director of Master Planning Department. She was also the deputy director of the Shanghai Urban Planning Design and Research Institute.
Wang has been intensively involved in key urban planning initiatives, including Preservation and regeneration of Shanghai historical areas and industrial areas. She also participated in the management and research of master planning of Shanghai and redevelopment of Shanghai waterfronts.
She is the vice director of Chinese Urban Regeneration Committee in Urban Planning Society of China. She is the director of the Shanghai Society Professional Committee for Preservation, and a committee member of Urban Land Institution.
Her research includes Urban Design, Urban Regeneration, Urban Heritage Preservation, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Landscape.