Qinghua Shi is a Distinguished Professor at the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He obtained his Ph.D from China Agriculture University in 1999. His research interests are focused on issues concerning agriculture, the rural sector and rural households in China, especially in the field of rural household behaviour. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Econometrica, China Agricultural Economic Review, China Economic Review, Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Applied Economics.