Chinese Elementary Education System Reform in Rural, Pastoral, Ethnic, and Private Schools

Ling Li is a faculty member of the Center for Education Policy in the Faculty of Education at the Southwest University, China. She received her doctorate from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She headed and accomplished two key national projects funded by the Ministry of Education: Constructing An Integrated Educational and Institutional System in the Urban and Rural Areas in China and The Reform and Development of Education System in China.Li has published two English books in Springer and VDM, three Chinese books in the Higher Education Press in China, and more than 70 articles in Chinese top journals and the SSCI journals abroad. Li also contributes to Chinese education reform and policy making by providing 10 consultation reports for the Ministry of Education and provincial bureaus of education. Noted by its broad strategic vision, first-hand materials collected from field research, big data analysis, as well as interdisciplinary approaches, Ling Li's work has played a pivotal role in helping innovate Chinese education policy analysis and its research methods.