Jian Yi

| awards = | module = }} Jian Yi () is a Chinese independent filmmaker, social innovator and food activist who currently serves as a Senior Fellow on Food Systems at the Harvard Law School. His films ''Bamboo Shoots'' and ''Super, Girls!'' won a number of international film festival awards. Jian Yi co-founded the ground-breaking China Villager Documentary Project with filmmaker Wu Wenguang in 2004, and founded the IFChina Original Studio in 2008. His works have been shown at numerous film festivals, museums (including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York) and university campuses across the globe. Jian Yi also spoke at the Apple Artists' Series among many public and media talks, including the BBC and the National Public Radio.

Since 2014, Jian Yi has been at the forefront of promoting sustainable food system in China. He founded and preside the Good Food Fund under the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, one of the ten global Top Visionaries named by the Rockefeller Foundation for its 2050 Food Systems Vision Prize. He was frequently interviewed by international media for his views and work on China's food systems. Jian Yi appeared on Eating Animals, a documentary produced by Natalie Portman; and on ''[https://www.food2050series.com/ Food 2050]'', a docu-series produced by the Rockefeller Foundation, which was adapted into [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26748555/?ref%20=fn%20i%201 a feature length documentary] narrated by Viola Davis and premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2026.

Jian Yi served on the Core Leadership Team of Action Track 2 of the United Nations Food Systems Summit between 2020 and 2021 and led the initial Workstream 1 on Food Environments. He has served on a number of roles related to this, including on several UNFSS action areas, FoodXFilm Festival, etc. Jian Yi also led his colleagues to set up the China Action Hub for UNFSS AT2, and organized 10+ independent dialogues on food systems in the first half of 2021, with a combined views of 1 million for their livestreams across platforms.

Jian Yi founded [http://www.chinavegans.org the China Vegan Society], which was officially launched in Dali, Yunnan, in May 2021, receiving supporting messages from celebrated figures such as Peter Singer, Dr. Jane Goodall, and Joaquin Phoenix. Provided by Wikipedia