Educational background

1）1994年3月～1997年7月：博士学位，环境水化学，指导教师是汤鸿霄院士，中国科学院生态环境研究中心环境水化学国家重点实验室。2）1987年9月～1990年6月：硕士学位，环境化学与环境分析，指导教师是戴树桂教授，南开大学环境科学系。3）1983年9月～1987年7月：学士学位，环境化学，南开大学环境科学系。

Experience

Li Jinhui is Professor (Tenured) and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Environment, Tsinghua University, and Head of Circular Economy and Urban Mining Research Team. For over three decades, Professor Li has been dedicated to research in Solid waste and circular economy management policies; Solid waste resource recovery (E-waste, spent power batteries, waste wind turbine blades, waste photovoltaic panels, municipal solid waste incineration fly ash, etc.); Solid waste treatment, disposal, and pollution control engineering; Global environmental governance and international environmental conventions; Solid waste standardization; Assessment of pollution and carbon reduction in "Zero-waste city" construction; Environmental risk assessment. He has successfully implemented over 300 projects from various funding sources, published over 500 papers in domestic and international journals such as PNAS, Nature Communications, and Joule, authored or contributed to over 60 monographs as lead editor or participant, and been granted over 40 invention patents. As a primary contributor, he has received over 60 awards and honors from domestic and international governments and industries. He holds key positions in various international, national, and sectoral organizations. Internationally, he has contributed to the drafting and revision of 21 international environmental convention documents and received a letter of commendation from Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. As Executive Director of Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific/Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity-Building and the Transfer of Technology in Asia and the Pacific (BCRC/SCRC China), he has led BCRC/SCRC China to achieve double full marks and rank first globally in three global assessments conducted at the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions. He serves as Vice-Chair of Ad hoc Open-Ended Working Group on a science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution, making active contributions to the establishment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP). For many years, he has served as a senior negotiator and member of the Chinese government delegation participating in negotiations at multilateral environmental mechanisms such as the United Nations Environment Assembly, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, as well as inter-sessional working groups, promoting the inclusion of circular economy and "Zero-waste City" practices into UN Environment Assembly resolutions.

Society Membership

1）2021-Present Editor-in-Chief, Circular Economy 2）2017-Present Associate Editor, Chinese Journal of Environmental Engineering 3）2021-Present Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Environmental Management 4）2012-Present Editorial Board Member, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 5）2007-Present Editorial Board Member, Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

Research Area

1）2016 Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, Research and Application of Generic Technologies for Urban Circular Economy Development (Rank 1) 2）2025 First Prize of Science and Technology Award for Environmental Protection, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Key Technologies and Applications of "Zero-waste City" Construction Model and Material Metabolism Regulation (Rank 2) 3）2025 Top Ten Scientific and Technological Innovations in Ecology and Environment of Zhejiang Province, Key Technology R&D and Application of Collaborative Resource Utilization of Multi-source Solid and Hazardous Wastes in Industry-City Integration (Rank 2) 4）2024 First Prize of Hainan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Technology and Application for Precise Prevention and Control of Multi-pollutants in the Whole Process of Solid Waste Incineration (Rank 2) 5）2024 First Prize of Environmental Technology Progress Award, China Association of Environmental Protection Industry, Key Technologies and Industrialization for High-value Recycling of Retired Power Lithium Batteries (Rank 2) 6）2024 Gold Award of the 18th Beijing Invention and Innovation Competition, Efficient Extraction and Purification of Dispersed Strategic Metals from Ultra-fine and Ultra-light Steel Dust (Rank 1) 7）2023 Second Prize of Science and Technology Award for Environmental Protection, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Research and Application on Technical Pathways for Compliance with International Environmental Conventions on Solid Waste (Rank 1) 8）2022 Special Prize of Natural Science Award, China Environmental Protection Federation, Material Metabolism and Regulation of the Whole Chain of Critical Metal Secondary Resources (Rank 1) 9）2022 First Prize of Science and Technology Award, China Association of Circular Economy, Technology for Efficient Resource Synergistic Utilization and Source Reduction of Heavy Metal-laden Solid and Hazardous Wastes in Iron and Steel Industry (Rank 1) 10）2022 First Prize of China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Achievement Award, Key Technologies and Applications for Efficient Utilization and Lifecycle Pollution Prevention of Circuit Boards (Rank 1) 11）2021 First Prize of Technological Invention Award, Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Award, Key Technologies for Closed-loop Recycling of Retired Power Lithium Batteries (Rank 2) 12）2019 First Prize of Environmental Technology Progress Award, China Association of Environmental Protection Industry, Typical Non-ferrous Metal Efficient Recovery and Pollution Control Technology (Rank 1) 13）2016 First Prize of Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Environmental Safety Assessment and Risk Control for Solid Waste Resource Recovery (Rank 3) 14）2015 First Prize of Science and Technology Award, China Association of Circular Economy, Key Technologies for Typical Municipal Solid Waste Recycling (Rank 1) 15）2015 Second Prize of Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Resource Recovery Technology for Bulk Solid Waste Based on Regional Industrial Structure and Material Flow (Rank 6) 16）2014 First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Ministry of Education, Development and Application of Generic Technologies for Urban Circular Economy Development (Rank 2)

Research Projects

1. Honorary Titles 1）2021 Changjiang Chair Professor, Ministry of Education of China 2）2024-Present Member of the Second National Expert Committee on Ecological and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China 3）2016 National Leading Talent in Environmental Protection Technology, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China 4）2025 Special Observer for Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China 2. Research Awards 1）2016 Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, Research and Application of Generic Technologies for Urban Circular Economy Development (Rank 1) 2）2025 First Prize of Science and Technology Award for Environmental Protection, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Key Technologies and Applications of "Zero-waste City" Construction Model and Material Metabolism Regulation (Rank 2) 3）2025 Top Ten Scientific and Technological Innovations in Ecology and Environment of Zhejiang Province, Key Technology R&D and Application of Collaborative Resource Utilization of Multi-source Solid and Hazardous Wastes in Industry-City Integration (Rank 2) 4）2024 First Prize of Hainan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Technology and Application for Precise Prevention and Control of Multi-pollutants in the Whole Process of Solid Waste Incineration (Rank 2) 5）2024 First Prize of Environmental Technology Progress Award, China Association of Environmental Protection Industry, Key Technologies and Industrialization for High-value Recycling of Retired Power Lithium Batteries (Rank 2) 6）2024 Gold Award of the 18th Beijing Invention and Innovation Competition, Efficient Extraction and Purification of Dispersed Strategic Metals from Ultra-fine and Ultra-light Steel Dust (Rank 1) 7）2023 Second Prize of Science and Technology Award for Environmental Protection, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Research and Application on Technical Pathways for Compliance with International Environmental Conventions on Solid Waste (Rank 1) 8）2022 Special Prize of Natural Science Award, China Environmental Protection Federation, Material Metabolism and Regulation of the Whole Chain of Critical Metal Secondary Resources (Rank 1) 9）2022 First Prize of Science and Technology Award, China Association of Circular Economy, Technology for Efficient Resource Synergistic Utilization and Source Reduction of Heavy Metal-laden Solid and Hazardous Wastes in Iron and Steel Industry (Rank 1) 10）2022 First Prize of China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Achievement Award, Key Technologies and Applications for Efficient Utilization and Lifecycle Pollution Prevention of Circuit Boards (Rank 1) 11）2021 First Prize of Technological Invention Award, Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Award, Key Technologies for Closed-loop Recycling of Retired Power Lithium Batteries (Rank 2) 12）2019 First Prize of Environmental Technology Progress Award, China Association of Environmental Protection Industry, Typical Non-ferrous Metal Efficient Recovery and Pollution Control Technology (Rank 1) 13）2016 First Prize of Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Environmental Safety Assessment and Risk Control for Solid Waste Resource Recovery (Rank 3) 14）2015 First Prize of Science and Technology Award, China Association of Circular Economy, Key Technologies for Typical Municipal Solid Waste Recycling (Rank 1) 15）2015 Second Prize of Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Resource Recovery Technology for Bulk Solid Waste Based on Regional Industrial Structure and Material Flow (Rank 6) 16）2014 First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Ministry of Education, Development and Application of Generic Technologies for Urban Circular Economy Development (Rank 2)

Selected Publications