Rural China

Rural Sociology, Rural Education, Artificial Intelligence and Social Governance, Urban Development

2018–2023: Ph.D. in Sociology, Tsinghua University

2012–2018: B.A. in Sociology, China University of Political Science and Law

2025–Present: Lecturer, Teaching Center for Writing and Communication (TCWC), Tsinghua University

2023–2025: Full-time Instructor, TCWC, Tsinghua University; Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University

2013–2015: Soldier, Zhurihe Blue Army Brigade, People’s Liberation Army of China

Director, Xiong’an Station, Rural Revitalization Service Station, Tsinghua University

Board Member and Advisor, Rural Public Interest Organizations including Happy Book Village and Huishi Library

Inaugural “Sulan Education Award,” Tsinghua University (2025)

Outstanding Faculty Advisor for Student Social Practice, Tsinghua University (2024)

Advanced Individual in Publicity, Ideological and Cultural Work, Tsinghua University (2024)

Outstanding Station Director, Rural Revitalization Service Station, Tsinghua University (2024)

Top Ten Annual Figures, Tsinghua University (2022)

Third-Class Merit Citation, People’s Liberation Army of China

Academic Research

He Ruogu, Li Zhengxin. Analyzing the Implementation Challenges of AI-Empowered Rural Healthcare from the Perspective of Rural Doctors. Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 266, 2025, pp. 1163–1170.

Li Zhengxin. Emotional Governance in the Management and Support of Chinese Veterans. Front of Thought and Theory, Issue 5, 2024, pp. 100–107.

Li Zhengxin. Rural Melancholy: Field Reports and Humanistic Reflections on Rural Construction. Beijing: Contemporary World Press, 2023. (Selected into the 2023 Key Publication Recommendation Catalog of the National Press and Publication Administration)

Li Zhengxin. The Rural Librarian. China Campus, Issue 4, 2023, pp. 16–17.

Li Zhengxin. National Discourse and Youth Choice in Political Mobilization: An Analysis Based on the Changes of Recruitment Mobilization in Chinese Universities and Colleges During the past 20 Years. Chinese Youth Studies, Issue 8, 2022, pp. 102–111.

Li Zhengxin. Devote Youth to Serving the Motherland. People’s Daily, June 1, 2022, p. 5.

Li Zhengxin. A Study on the Motivations and Action Logics of University Students Joining the Military. Youth Exploration, Issue 5, 2021, pp. 102–112. (Selected as a High PSCI, Highly Cited, and Highly Downloaded Paper on CNKI)

Li Zhengxin. Locals and Outsiders in the Dilemma of Xinglong. Reading, Issue 10, 2020, pp. 64–69.

Research Projects

Principal Investigator: “National Talent Support Program” Project – “Research on the Causes and Resolution Mechanisms of New Village-Level Debt in the Context of Rural Revitalization” (GZC20240853, 2024–2025)

Participant: Key Project of the National Social Science Fund – “Research on Status Attainment and Policy Simulation of Border-Guarding Veterans” (21ASH003, 2021–2023)

Participant: Major Project of the National Social Science Fund – “Research on the Improvement of Effective Mechanisms for Properly Handling Conflicts Among the People Under New Circumstances” (20ZDA078, 2020–2022)

Participant: Special Major Project of the National Social Science Fund – “Research on Forging a Strong Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation Among All Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang” (18VSJ091, 2018–2020)