李铁，研究员、博士生导师、国务院特殊津贴专家, 现任国家发展改革委城市和小城镇改革发展中心主任、智慧城市发展联盟理事长。曾在中共中央农村政策研究室、国家经济体制改革委员会、国务院经济体制改革办公室等单位任职。

多次参与中央有关城镇化、农村政策的文件和中央主要领导讲话起草。主持了中国城镇化发展战略、促进城镇健康发展的城镇规划研究、城镇化进程中的人口迁移政策等一系列重大研究项目。先后主持了联合国开发计划署、欧盟、世界银行、亚洲开发银行、世界经济论坛等国际组织数十个国际合作项目。

发起设立了智慧城市发展联盟、中国城镇化三十人论坛，倡导以跨界整合和市场化的方式推进中国智慧城市的建设与发展。参与组织中欧城镇化伙伴关系论坛等双边多边国际活动，主持和参与推动了中欧、中美、中英、中德、中日、中韩、中印、中国-东盟、中拉等一系列城镇化和智慧城市等领域的国际合作。策划组织了中国智慧城市创新大会、中国智慧城市国际博览会等重要活动。

主要代表作有：《城镇化是一次全面深刻的社会变革》（专著）、《我所理解的城市》（专著）、《新型城镇化路径选择》（专著）、《城市的转型发展》（专著）、《城镇化视角下的宏观政策》（专著），并主编城镇化与社会变革系列丛书。关于智慧城市的专著《“互联网+”与智慧城市》即将出版。

Li Tie is Research Fellow, Doctoral Advisor and the receiver of the State Council Special Expert Allowance. He is now Director General of the China Center for Urban Development of the National Development and Reform Commission, and Chairman of Smart City Development Alliance. Previously, He worked for the Rural Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee, the State Commission for Economic Restructuring and the State Commission for Structural Reform.

Mr. Li has been engaged in drafting the Central Government’s urbanization and rural policy documents as well as speeches by major central leaders. He chaired a series of key research projects on China's urbanization strategy, urban planning for healthy urbanization development and migration policy in the process of urbanization. Under his leadership, CCUD keeps a cooperation relationship with international organizations such as the United Nations Development Program, the European Union, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Economic Forum. Mr. Li led dozens of international cooperation projects.

Mr. Li launched Smart City Development Alliance and China 30 Elites Forum on Urbanization to advocate cross-industrial and market-oriented development of Chinese smart cities. He has participated in organizing multiple bilateral and multilateral international events such as the EU-China Urbanization Partnership Forum, with a leading or participatory role in promoting China’s cooperation with the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Korea, India, ASEAN, Latin America and other countries in such fields as urbanization and smart cities. He also planned and organized the China Smart City (International) Innovation Conference, China Smart City International Expo and other key events.

His main works include Urbanization: A Comprehensive and Profound Social Transformation, Cities: My Personal Perspective, Paths for New Urbanization, Transformation of Cities, and Macro-policies from the Perspective of Urbanization. He is also the chief editor of Urbanization and Social Transformation Series. His new book Internet+ and Smart Cities is coming out soon.