Dr. LI Chunxiao is recognized as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the International Association for China Tourism Studies and a Rising Star Award recipient from the China Tourism Education Alliance. She has beened for the Tianjin “131” Innovative Talent Program and the Nankai Hundred Young Discipline Leaders initiative. Over the past five years, Dr. LI has served as the author or corresponding author of 40+ SSCI journal papers, including 16 publications in Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research, and Journal of Travel Research, with five ESI Highly Cited Papers. Actively engaged in the global academic community, she serves on the Asia-Pacific Council of Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA), holds editorial roles as Social Media Editor for Tourism Management and an Editorial Board Member for Annals of Tourism Research, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, and Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research.