Xuemei FAN was born in 1971 in Jilin, China. She was awarded a degree of Bachelor of Science majoring in maths in Northeast Normal University in China in 1993. In 2003, she awarded the master’s degree of Management majoring in agricultural economics management from People’s Liberation Army Quartermaster University in China. Now she is a ph.D candidate of agricultural systems engineering in School of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University. 
She has been working in Jilin University for nineteen years since 1993, served as dean of logistics department and in charge of graduate student. Her main research focuses on agricultural logistics and purchasing management. Her published articles include “Research on development and strategy of agriculture product logistics in Jilin province”, “Research on agricultural product supply chain performance evaluation based on logistics ability”.
Associate Prof. Fan was awarded as expert of Jilin Logistics Association, executive director of Changchun Logistics Association and senior reviewer of Chinese logistic company grading. Associate Prof. Fan is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: fxm@jlu.edu.cn.