Zhang Jie, Professor (Tier 3), Doctoral Supervisor of ECUST, Chief Expert of NSSFC, Director of Research Center for Urban and Rural Cultural Heritage.

PhD from Southeast University, Tongji University Postdoctoral Researcher, Adjunct Researcher at Tongji University's National Research Center for Historical and Culture Cities, Distinguished Researcher of Quanzhou Museum.

Peer reviewer for City Planning Review, Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology (Social Science Edition), Landscape Architecture Academic Journal, Industrial & Engineering Design, and Packaging Engineering.

Reviewer for NSSFC, NSFC, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, Shandong, Sichuan, and Zhejiang Provinces and Shanghai Pujiang Program.

Academic Committee Member of Landscape Architecture Committee and Heritage Planning Division of UPSC. Executive Director of Traditional Dwelling Buildings Professional Committee and Architectural History Branch of the Architectural Society of China. Academic Committee Member of Cultural Landscape Committee and Landscape Architecture Education Committee of CHSLA.

Primary Research Areas: Rural landscape planning and design, conservation and development of traditional settlements, urban furniture and industrial product design.

Professor Zhang has authored 12 monographs and published over 100 academic papers in core journals namely City Planning Review, Architectural Journal, and Planners. Among these, including 20 papers published in CSCI, over 50 CSSCI-indexed articles, and 9 were SCI-indexed. Some of the papers have won Second, Third, and Honorable Mention awards in National Youth Urban Planning Paper Contest four times over. He also received an Excellence Award in Jin Jingchang Foundation Urban Planning Paper Contest (2009) and ‌China Industrial Design Decade Outstanding Academic Paper Gold Award (2012).

Professor Zhang has led four projects funded by NSSFC and NSFC, including one project supported by the Major Program of NSSFC. He also led one project funded by Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education, two projects from Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Key Project Fund, and five ‌Provincial and Ministerial Level Vertical Projects.‌

Professor Zhang has spearheaded over 150 horizontal research projects, which includes over 100 projects specifically focused on rural planning. Under his leadership, numerous projects have been honored with awards from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, as well as various provincial and municipal authorities. Among these rewards, the Conservation Plan for Nangge Ancient Village, Yueqing City, Zhejiang Province, which he led as chief designer in 2006, receiving both the Second Prize for Excellent Village and Town Design from MOHURD (Certificate No. CZ-05-7-4) and the Second Prize for Excellent Village and Town Design of Zhejiang Provincial.

1) Analysis of the Spatial Evolution of Ancient Settlement in Southern Fujian by System Synergism: Taking the Historic Village of Fuquan in Jinjiang of Fujian as Example, Architectural Journal 2012.04

2) PREDICAMENTS IN CHANGES OF URBAN HERITAGES AMID DEVELOPMENT OF “CULTURAL CREATIVE” INDUSTRY: ON INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION ON PLANNING OF CREATIVE INDUSTRY PARK WITH HERITAGE, City Planning Review 2012.12

3) Nostalgia Feeling and Mourning of the Activation of Cultural Heritage Protection in the Era of Consumption: on the Creation of Theory and Tool of Urban and Rural Cultural Heritage, Urban Development Studies 2023.04

4) Xunpu Village, Donghai Street, Quanzhou, Fujian, City Planning Review 2018.10

5) Hongkeng Village, Tianbao Town, Xiangcheng District, Zhangzhou City, City Planning Review 2018. 09

6) Maoxia Village, Yongchun County, Quanzhou, Fujian, City Planning Review 2018. 05

7) Jinjiang Ancient Village, Shishi City, Fujian, City Planning Review 2018. 04

8) Jinglin Ancient Village, Jinjiang City, Fujian, City Planning Review 2016. 12

1) The Costal Defense Garrison Space Analysis on National Historical and Cultural Village in Fuquan, Southeast University Press, 2012.02

2) Traversing Yongning Guard City: A Spatial Analysis of the Ancient Coastal Fortress, Fujian Strait Literature and Art Press, 2016.01

3) The Spatial Configuration of Tukeng: A Study of a National Heritage Village along the Maritime Silk Road, Xiamen University Press, 2020.12

4) Fujian and Taiwan Traditional Settlement Protection and Tourism Development, Southeast University Press, 2018.06

5) Analysis of the Residential Building Space in South Fujian From the Perspective of immigrant Culture, Southeast University Press, 2019.12

6) From the Perspective of immigration Culture: Analysis on the Architectural Space of Ancestral Temple of Minhai Area, Southeast University Press, 2020.12

7) Sacred Temple Landscape: Folk Beliefs Architectural Space Analysis in Minhai Area, Southeast University Press, 2023.09

8) The Light of Mindong: Historical Paths and Conservation Strategies for Settlement Culture, Culture & art publishing house, 2020.12

I. Vertical Projects

1) Principal Investigator of Project supported by the Major Program of NSSFC: Research on the Survey, Organization, Protection, and Utilization of Traditional Village Resources Related to Taiwan (Approval No.: 21&ZD215).

2) Principal Investigator of Project supported by NSSFC: Research on the Spatial Morphology Characteristics and Construction Techniques of Ancient Villages in Fujian and Taiwan under Migrant Culture (Approval No.: 20BH154).

3) Principal Investigator of Project supported by NSSFC: Research on the Protection and Interactive Development Mechanism of Traditional Settlements in Fujian and Taiwan under Cultural Ecology (Approval No.: 12CGJ116).

4) Principal Investigator of Project supported by Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Fund: Research on the Protection and Development of Ancient Southern Fujian Villages under Cross-Strait Cultural Exchange (Approval No.: 11YJCZH229).

5) Principal Investigator of Project supported by Shanghai Social Science Special Fund: Research on the Spatiotemporal Evolution and Protection of Ming and Qing Coastal Defense Garrisons (Approval No.: 2019ZJX002).

6) Principal Investigator of Project supported by Principal Investigator, Shanghai Social Science Special Fund: Research on the Shanghai Paradigm for the Protection and Revitalization of New Jiangnan Water Villages under Three Dimensions (Approval No.: 2024VSJ030).

II. Horizontal Projects

1) 2008-2010: Conservation Plan for Fuquan Historical and Cultural Village, Jinjiang City, Fujian Province. Client: Jinjiang Municipal Planning Bureau.

2) 2018-2019: Conservation Plan for Fuquan Historical and Cultural Village, Jinjiang City, Fujian Province (Revision). Client: Jinjiang Municipal Planning Bureau.

3) 2010-2011: Regulatory Detailed Plan for Yongning Ancient Wei City, Shishi City, Fujian Province. Client: Shishi Municipal Planning Bureau.

4) 2011-2012: Conservation and Development Plan for Yongning Ancient Wei City, Shishi City, Fujian Province. Client: Shishi Municipal Planning Bureau.

5) 2012-2013: Detailed Design for Yongning Ancient Wei City's Chenghuang Temple Area, Shishi City, Fujian Province. Client: Shishi Municipal Planning Bureau.

6) 2014-2015: Conservation and Development Plan for Tukeng Village, Quangang District, Quanzhou, Fujian Province. Client: Quangang District Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau.

7) 2016-2017: Conservation Plan for Quanzhou Tianhou Temple, Fujian Province. Client: Quanzhou Tianhou Temple Management Committee.

8) 2018-2019: Conservation and Development Plan for Daixi Kangli Traditional Village, Pingnan, Ningde, Fujian Province. Client: Kangli Village Committee.