Land engineering seen as fertile ground for sustainable growth

Han Jichang, a 49-year-old senior land engineer with the Shaanxi provincial land resources department, focuses his research on land use and protection, and has won eight provincial- and ministerial-level scientific and technological awards for the projects he has overseen.

Han has published 84 papers in domestic and foreign journals, of which 14 have been published in the Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Engineering Index, and published eight monographs.

Han believes that the construction of an ecological civilization is the best long-term plan for people's well-being and for the sustainable development of China.