Daizong Liu is China Sustainable Cities Program Director and China Transport Program Director of the World Resources Institute (WRI). He has led and managed a number of projects, including the Transit Metropolis project partnered with the Ministry of Transport, and local governments like Kunming, Guiyang, Suzhou and Zhuzhou, Low Emission Zone/Congestion Charging project with Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, Road Safety project with China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, and Sustainable and Livable Cities project with Chengdu and Qingdao Development and Reform Commission. In 2014, he was appointed as the Independent Board Member of Chongqing City Transportation Development & Investment Group Co. In 2017, Mr. Liu was appointed as a member of the third Expert Committee of Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, and also was appointed as a member of the Expert Advisory Committee on Transportation of Guangzhou Municipal Government. Since 2017, Mr. Liu serves as a chair of the Future Transportation Technology and Policy Section, Transportation Planning Division, World Transportation Convention.
Mr. Liu has obtained a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the National University of Singapore, and a Bachelor’s degree in Transportation Engineering from Southeast University in China. Prior to joining WRI, he has worked for 10 years for the China Sustainable Transportation Center of Energy Foundation as a senior program associate, and 3 years for CPG Consultancy Company in Singapore as the transport project manager.