Dr Gang Chen is the Chair Professor and Director of the Center for Social and Economic Behavior Studies at Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, China. He received an MA in Anthropology from Iowa State University, USA, in 1993, and a PhD in the same field from the Ohio State University, USA, in 2000. His main research interests are in the areas of business anthropology, food safety and culture, development anthropology and cultural tourism, globalization and culture change. He has received numerous research grants and has published substantially both in the USA and in China.