Main work
In terms of forest sustainable management and forest certification research, Prof. Hu Yanjie participated in the whole process of the establishment and operation of Chinese Forest Certification Scheme, served as the leader of FSC China Forest Management Certification Standard revision team, published several books on forest certification, and as a core member, developed four forest certification standards. At the same time, she was dedicated to the development and promotion of forest certification technologies. The key technologies of forest certification have been promoted and applied in a number of forest enterprises and timber processing enterprises, and the promotion area accounts for more than 50% of the total area of forest certification in China, providing solutions for forest enterprises to carry out sustainable forest management and forest product manufacturers to enter the international market. It has not only promoted sustainable forest management from theory to practice, but also achieved good social, economic and ecological benefits. As a chief auditor of forest certification schemes, she has rich audit experience and unique insights into forest certification practices in China. In terms of research on forest products market and trade, she leaded many research projects on forest products market and trade funded by ITTO, FAO, WWF and State Forestry Administration, etc. The structure of raw materials supply, processing system, circulation mode, consumption structure and trade mode of forest products in China were systematically studied. Based on supply and demand forecasting model and trade model, the China Forest Products Market Model (CFPMM) was developed to quantitatively analyze the supply and demand of forest products and international trade. The ITTO project reports "Study on Transparency of Trade Flows in Tropical Forest Products" and "Study on Forecast of Supply and Demand of Forest Products in China 2020" were highly praised by the ITTO Secretariat and widely publicized as "successful stories" in member countries.
In addition, Prof. Hu Yanjie have also leaded a number of community forestry projects, and have strong theoretical foundation and rich practical experience in participatory forestry, social impact assessment, gender analysis etc.
Key research projects
"Supply of Tropical Primary Wood Products in China towards 2030-A Case Study on Plantation in China" funded by FAO and ITTO, 2020-2021
"Non-timber Forest Product Certification-an Complementary Instrument to Promote Sustainable Forest Management in China" funded by National Forestry and Grassland Administration, 2014-2019
"Demand and Supply of Tropical Wood Products in China Towards 2020" funded by ITTO, 2009-2011
"Transparency in Trade Flows and Distribution of Tropical Wood Products in China", 2005-2007
"Feeding China's Expanding Demand for Wood pulp: A Diagnostic Assessment of Plantation Development, Fiber Supply, and Impacts on Natural Forests in China and in the South East Asia Region", Asia Pro Eco Program funded by EU, 2004-2005
"Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management" funded by CIFOR, 2003-2004
Awards & achievements
Published articles & books
Hu Yanjie, Zhang Kun, Li Ming et al. 2022. Analysis on Management Mechanism for Accelerating High-quality Development of State-owned Forest Farms in China in the New Period [J], Forestry Resources Management, (Suppl.) : 39-45
Hu Yanjie. 2019. Analyzing Forest Certification and Sustainable Forest Management [J], Forestry Economics, 2: 45-48
Hu Yanjie. 2017. New Concepts of World Forestry Development in the Context of Globalization [J], Forestry Economics, 5: 46-50
Li Qiujuan, Chen Shaozhi, Hu Yanjie* (corresponding author), Wang Feng. 2017. Thoughts on introducing forest certification into forest management of state-owned forest farms [J], World Forestry Research, 5: 93-96
Hu Yanjie. 2016. Development Status and Countermeasures of Non-wood Forest Product Certification in China [J], Forestry Economics, 9: 61-65.
Yanjie Hu, John Perez-Garcia, Alicia Robbins, et, al. 2015. China's Role in the Global Forest Sector: How will the US Recovery and a diminished Chinese Demand in Influence Global Wood Markets?. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 30(1),13–29
XU Bin, HU Yanjie, CHEN Jie. Collective Forest Certification Model Research and Guidelines for Group Certification Practice in China [M]. Beijing: China Forestry Press, 2018
XU Bin, HU Yanjie, CHEN Jie. Guidelines for CFCC Forest Management Certification Practice [M]. Beijing: China Forestry Press, 2016
