About the Author: ​Pro. Lan Xue is Cheung Kong Chair Professor and Dean of School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University. His research areas include public policy and management, science, technology and innovation policy, risk governance. He has published extensively in these areas. He is also an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of Brookings Institution. His public service appointments include the convener of the State Council Disciplinary Review Committee for Public Management, Vice President of China Association of Public Administration, member of the National Committee for Strategic Consultation and Comprehensive Review, member of State Council Expert Committee on Emergency Management, and member of National Expert Committee for the 13th Fiver-Year Plan, and etc. He also serves as a member of OECD science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Advisory Group, and Co-Chair of the Leadership Council of Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN). He received his Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 1991, and taught at the George Washington University as an assistant professor before returning to Tsinghua University in 1996. He has won many awards and prizes for his work, including Distinguished Young Scholar Award of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and Fudan Distinguished Contribution Award for Management Science.
Prof. Qiang (Braven) Zhang is the Associate Dean at School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University. He also directs UNDP-China Risk & Resilience Innovation Project Lab and co-chairs the Innovation Center for Risk Governance. Dr. Zhang serves as the Founder and Vice President of China Chapter of TIEMS (The International Emergency Management Society); the Deputy-Director of China Nonprofit Committee for Disaster Risk Management at China Charity Alliance. He was a member of task force for initializing and launching China's National Emergency Management System. His research focuses on public management and intergovernmental policy implementation, including disaster governance，crisis management, and social Innovation. He has conducted research or consulted for UN agencies and public agencies in China. He received his Ph.D. in Management from SPPM at Tsinghua University (2004), and was a Harvard - Yenching Visiting Scholar (2011-2012).
Dr. Kaibin Zhong is professor of emergency management at National Institute of Emergency Management (NIEM) and director of Disaster Case Development Center, with Chinese Academy of Governance (CAG). He holds a Ph.D. degree in public management from Tsinghua University (2007), and a bachelor degree in political science from Peking University (2001). He has published in international journals including International Review of Administrative Science, Disasters, China Security, among others. He has been participated in the draft of The Emergency Management Response Law of the People's Republic of China (2007), The General Contingency Plan of China (2005), and in the inquiry into disasters such as SARS and the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in China. He was a visitor researcher at CRISMART Swedish National Defence College for working together on a project about SARS crisis management from December 2005 to February 2006. His research interests include crisis decision-making, risk governance and crisis communication.