Xiao Jianmin

Prof.  Xiao Jianmin

Organization: Research Institute of Forestry Policy and Information, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Research category: Forestry Economics and Management

Research field: Forest certification and Sino-Africa forestry cooperation

E-mail: xiaojm@caf.ac.cn

Main work

Prof. Xiao Jianmin served as the project leader is responsible for about 20 research projects, with a total budget of RMB 5.0 million, mainly focusing on international cooperation projects. The main research directions are forest certification and Sino-Africa forestry cooperation. His research level in these two fields is leading domestically, and significant social benefits have been achieved.

In the direction of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) forest certification, Prof. Xiao Jianming's main achievements include:

  • being responsible for the development and revision of three international standards for FSC forest certification, making outstanding contributions to the construction of a Chinese standard system for FSC forest certification, and providing strong support for domestic forest products to enter the international market;

  • Provided technical support to more than 20 domestic forest management joint certification enterprises (accounting for about a quarter of the national FSC certification), improved the sustainable management level of millions of acres of forests, and achieved an annual output value of FSC certified forest products of hundreds of millions of yuan, increasing employment opportunities by about thousands of people;

  • Provided technical support for FSC certification for multiple Chinese forest management enterprises in Africa, promoted the sustainable operation of overseas Chinese enterprises, and provided technical support for the implementation of the "Going Global" strategy in the forestry industry.

Key research projects

  • Rubber plantation certification in Yunnan province 2024-2024

  • Sustainable certification to Puer Zhihe, 2023-2024

  • Bamboo forest certification in Jiangxi province, 2023-2024

  • Eco-service compensation model research for rubber plantation in Hainan province, 2022-2022

  • Bamboo forest certification in Songxi, 2022-2023

  • Sustainable forest management in Africa, 2022-2022

  • Sustainable bamboo forest management in Jiangxi province, 2022-2023

  • The Forestry Sector as an Inequality Machine? Agents, Agreements and Global Poli-tics of Trade and Investment in the Congo Basin, 2020-2025

  • Sustainable rubber plantation management, 2019-2021

  • Sustainable Sino-Africa forest management, 2019-2020

  • Sustainable bamboo forest management, 2018-2020

  • Sustainable eucalyptus plantation management, 2016-2017

  • Chinese forest investor behavior research (Phase 2), 2015-2016

  • Chinese forest investor behavior research (Phase 1), 2014-2014

  • Responsible forest and supply chain management in China: sustainable forest certification, 2012-2015

Published articles & books

  • Wu Zhiping, Xiao Jianmin and Zhao Peng, The dynamic relationship between technological innovation, social responsibility contribution and sustainable development of listed forestry enterprises in China, World Forestry Research, 2022 (4):107-112

  • Liu Xiaoli, Xiao Jianmin, Yang Hui and Ma Lichao, The Latest Changes of FSC Group Certification Standard for Forest Management and Its Impact on China, World Forestry Research, 2021 (6): 1-5

  • Xiao Jianmin, Zhao Linxuan, Han Feng and Ma Lichao, Survey and analysis on the effect of small organizations Group certification in China, World Forestry Research, 2019(1): 6-10

  • Xiao Jianmin, Zhao Linxuan, Hanfeng and Ma Lichao, The latest changes of FSC forest management standard of China, World Forestry Research, 2019 (4): 97-100

  • Xiao Jianmin and Jiang Hongfei, Current Status of the management of China's forest enterprises in Mozambique and development strategy, 2016 (5): 92-96

  • Jiang Hongfei and Xiao Jianmin, The current status of forest development in Mozambique and analysis of the forest cooperation between China and Mozambique, World Forestry Research, 2016(5): 87-91

Other results

  • Drafter of international forest certification standard "FSC FSC-STD-CHN-V2-0", 2022

  • Drafter of international forest certification standard "FSC-STD-30-005 V2-0", 2020

  • Drafter of international forest certification standard "FSC FSC-STD-CHN-V2-0", 2016