Changsheng Zuo was born in Shandong Province in April 1965. He is currently the director of International Poverty Reduction Center in China. He graduated from Beijing Agricultural University with a master and a doctor degree in agricultural economics. Later in 1997, he studied international trade in Australia and obtained a graduate diploma. He has worked in the Department of Economic Reform and Management, the Department of Policies and Regulations, the Department of International Cooperation, the Rural Economic Research Center and the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture. He has been engaged in agricultural and rural economic theory and Policy Research for a long time, and has made in-depth research on agricultural and rural economic development at home and abroad.