Enhancing China's Capacity for Carbon Sequestration

Telephone: 0086-25-3367354
E-Mail: xzshi@issas.ac.cn

Dr. Xuezheng Shi is a professor for soil science, working for the Department for Soil Resources and Remote Sensing Application in Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China. He is also a committeeman of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) Budget and Finance Committee, a standing committee member of Soil Science Society of China and the Chairman for Soil Geography Committee of Soil Science Society of China.

Educated both in China and Germany. Dr. Shi has research experience with many countries, such as Germany, Canada, United States, Sweden, Netherlands, France and United Kingdom etc. and he also has contacts with soil scientists in Japan, Australia, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Poland. Dr. Shi 's research is focus on detecting the dynamics of soil quality in main cultivated soils of China, establishing systematically the Soil Information System of China (SISChina), to set up the exchange tool for soil research results of China with other countries, that is, to develop a Chinese Soil Reference System.

His current research projects include:

The dynamics of soil quality in the case studies of the four main soil types of China (National Key Basic Research Support Foundation (G1999011810)) supported by the Ministry for Science and Technology of China;
Soil data integration and their establishment of Soil Information System of China (SISChina ), supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Soil productivity model and its application in estimating the affect of urban land use expanding on food production using remote sensing data, supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China;
Soil type interpretation among different classification to develop Chinese Soil Reference System, supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences;
An interdisciplinary approach to reduce water, soil and nutrient loss by erosion in the agricultural Hilly Purple area by combined use of participatory and modeling techniques, supported by European Union.