Li Kun is an associate professor of Architecture at Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, a researcher at the State Key Laboratory of Green Building (China), and also the deputy secretary-general of the Professional Committee of Residential Buildings of ASC( the Architectural Society of China) as well as the vice-director of the Shaanxi Provincial Rural Revitalisation Planning and Research Institute. He received his B.Arch and M.Arch from Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and his PhD in Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2021.