Prof. Cheng Wang is a Professor, Chief Scientist, and Executive Deputy Director of Urban Forest Research Center of State Forestry Administration, P.R. China. He is mainly engaged in urban forest planning, urban forest biodiversity and urban forest ecosystem services. He has hosted a number of national urban forestry research programs and presided over the completion of the national forest city construction master plan for 50 cities in China. Prof. Wang has published more than 200 papers and 2 books including "Afforestation in Beijing Plain Area: Strategies, Practices and Assessments" and "Urban Phytogenic Pollution: Sources, Processes and Controls". He is now playing a leading role in promoting state-of-the-art urban forest research as well as forest city practices in China.
Green Urbanisation across China and Europe: Collaborative Research on Key Technological Advances in Urban Forests, National Key Research and Development Program of China, 2021～2024
Research on Service functions and changes of urban forest ecosystems in China, Chinese Academy of Forestry Key project, 2021～2024
Monitoring and evaluation of comprehensive effectiveness of Taiyuan National Forest City Construction, Taiyuan Forestry Bureau, 2022-2024
Comprehensive benefit monitoring of Beijing's new round of one million acres of afforestation and greening construction projects, Beijing Municipal Landscaping and Greening Bureau, 2018-2023
Beijing Forest City Development Plan (2018-2035), Beijing Municipal Landscaping and Greening Bureau, 2018
Promotion and demonstration of prevention and control technologies for urban tree catkins, pollen and other phytogenic pollution, Science and Technology Promotion Project of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, 2021-2023
Research and demonstration of construction technology of beautiful urban forest landscape, Key National Forestry Public Welfare Industry Scientific Research Project, 2014-2018
Xi'an National Forest City Construction Master Plan, Xi'an Forestry Bureau, 2013
Research on the regulation function and technology of forests on particulate matter such as PM2.5, Key National Scientific Research Project for Public Welfare Industries, 2012-2015
Research on artificial construction technology of village landscape protection forest, Key Project Subject of The National "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" Science And Technology Support Plan, 2011-2013
Promotion and demonstration of urban ecological health-care tree species and functional health-care community configuration models, Science and Technology Promotion Project State Forestry Administration, 2009-2012
Research on key technologies for urban residential ecological forest construction, Key Project Subject of the National "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" Science and Technology Support Plan, 2006-2010
Experimental demonstration of urban forest construction technology in typical areas, Key Project Subject of the National "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" Science and Technology Support Plan, 2006-2010
Evaluation of the impact of major dust- and plant-derived air pollutants on human health, Social Welfare Research Project of the Ministry Of Science and Technology, 2004-2007
Research and demonstration of "points" of China's forest ecological network system, Key National Project of the "Tenth Five-Year Plan", 2001-2005
Wang Cheng*. Connotation, Necessity, Feasibility and Implementation of Forest City in All Administrative spaces. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2023, 21(5):1-8 (in Chinese).
Bian, Q.; Zhang, C. *; Wang, C.; Yin, L.; Han, W.; Zhang, S. Evaluation of Soundscape Perception in Urban Forests Using Acoustic Indices: A Case Study in Beijing. Forests. 2023, 14, 1435.
Wang Cheng. Urban Ecological Space in China: Scope, Scale, Component and Layout. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2022, 20(2): 1-7 (in Chinese).
Dan Han, Cheng Wang*, Zhenkai Sun, Junying She, Luqin Yin, Qi Bian, Wenjing Han. Microhabitat preferences of butterflies in urban parks: both vegetation structure and resources are decisive. Urban forestry & Urban greening, 2022, 127552.
Y. Zhao, C Wang*, S Shepard, et al. Soundscapes of Urban Parks: An Innovative Approach for Ecosystem Monitoring and Adaptive Management. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2022, 127555.
Y. Zhao, C Wang*, et al. Diversity monitoring for coexisting birds in urban forests by integrating spectrograms and object-based image analysis. Forests, 2022, 13 (2), 264.
Qi Bian, Cheng Wang*, Zhenkai Sun, Luqin YiShasha Jiang, et al, Research on spatiotemporal variation characteristics of soundscapes in a newly established suburban forest park, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022, 127766
Wang Cheng. Development Scope and Research Scale of Urban Forest in China. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2021, 19(4): 1-5 (in Chinese).
Zhao Dexian, Sun Zhenkai, Wang Cheng, Hao Zezhou. Urban orchards provide a suitable habitat for epiphytic bryophytes [J]. Forest Ecology and Management, 2021, 483:118767
Zhao Yilin, Wang Cheng, Bai Zitong, et al. Changes of bird community under urbanization and its relationship with urban vegetation, Acta Ecological Sinica, 2021, 2: 479-489 (in Chinese).
Jin J, Sheppard S R J, Jia B, Wang, C. Planning to Practice: Impacts of Large-Scale and Rapid Urban Afforestation on Greenspace Patterns in the Beijing Plain Area. Forests, 2021, 12(3):316.
Wang Ziyan, Wang Cheng, Jiang Zehui. Relationship between Rural Settlements' Plant Communities and Environmental Factors in Hilly Area of Southeast China, Sustainability, 2020, 12(7):2771, DOI: 10.3390/su12072771
Zhao Dexian, Sun Zhenkai, Wang Cheng, Hao Zezhou, Pei Nancai. Using Count Data Models to Predict Epiphytic Bryophyte Recruitment in Schima superba Gardn. et Champ. Plantations in Urban Forests [J]. Forests, 2020
Hao Zezhou, Wang Cheng, Sun Zhenkai, Pei Nancai. Soundscape mapping for spatial-temporal estimate on bird activities in urban forests [J]. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2020
Hao Zezhou, Wang Cheng, Pei Nnancai, et al. Diversity of Soundscape in Three Urban Forests in Spring, Shenzhen. Scientia Silvae Sincae, 2020, 56(2):184-192 (in Chinese).
Wang Cheng, Zhang Chang, Jin Jiali. Evaluation Index of Forest City Cluster Construction, Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2019, 6:1-6 (in Chinese).
Duan W, Wang C*, et al. Spatiotemporal Ozone Level Variation in Urban Forests in Shenzhen, China [J]. Forests, 2019, 10(3), 247
Duan W, Wang C*, et al. Urban forests increase spontaneous activity and improve emotional state of white mice [J]. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2019, 46: 126449.
Zhang Chang, Liu Yanhong, Wang Cheng, et al. Characteristics and Changes of Rural Residential Forest in Linghe, Middle South of Shandong Province. Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment, 2019, 35(5):593-599 (in Chinese).
Hao Zezhou, Wang Cheng, Xu Xinhui, et al. Effect of Shenzhen Urban Forest Soundscape on Psychological and Physiological Changes of Human Beings. Journal of Northwest Forestry University, 2019, 34(3):231-239 (in Chinese).
Wang Cheng, Zhang Chang, Sun Ruilin, et al. Problems and Countermeasures of Urban and Peri-urban Forestry Construction. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2018, 5:1-6 (in Chinese).
Wang Cheng. Characteristics of Plan-caused Pollution and Its Control Measures in Urban Area. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2018-6 (in Chinese).
Nancai Pei, Cheng Wang, Jin Jiali, Jia Baoquan, Chen Bufeng. Long-term afforestation efforts increase bird species diversity in Beijing, China[J]. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2018, 29:88-95
Wang Cheng, et al., Effect and Development Countermeasures of Beijing Plain Afforestation. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2017, 15(06) (in Chinese).
Wang Cheng. A Community of Common Environment for City Cluster and Strategy of Urban Forest Construction in China. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2016, 15(1): 1-7 (in Chinese).
Wang Cheng. Some Issues of Forest City Construction in China. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2016, 14(2): 1-7 (in Chinese).
Wang Cheng, Tang Sainan, Sun Ruilin, et al. Concept, Connotation and Characteristics of Homesickness Ecological Landscape. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2015, 13(3): 63-67 (in Chinese).
Wang Cheng, Guo Erguo, Qie Guangfa. Variations of PM2.5 in typical recreation forests in the west mountain of Beijing, China. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2014, 34(19): 5650-5658 (in Chinese).
Wang Cheng, Wang Jun, Liu Jun Zhao, et al. The gap, construction ideas and strategic layout of Beijing Plain Greening Construction. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2013, 11(6): 1-5 (in Chinese).
Wang Cheng. Strategic thinking on afforestation and greening in plain areas of Beijing. Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry, 2012, 10(1): 7-11 (in Chinese).
