Liming Hou (houliming@mkako.com) (PhD, Xi’an Jiaotong University) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology of School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. His research focus is on social stratification and mobility, educational inequality. He has published several peer reviewed papers, including in Sociological Research. He also received support from several national foundations such as National Natural Science Foundation of China and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.