UPDIS has more than 800 staff with doctoral and master's degrees, 500 staff with senior- and mid-level professional titles, and more than 190 registered professionals of various disciplines. We have a strong pool of professionals in cross-disciplinary research and design capabilities that cover urban planning, urban design, economic geography, architectural design, landscape architecture, urban economy, environmental protection, transportation planning, municipal engineering and others. We have established partnerships with Peking University, Nanjing University, Tongji University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, China Development Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and many consulting companies, renowned universities and research institutions at home and abroad.