Wen is dean of the School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at Renmin University of China and well known in China as an expert on rural affairs. He is also the founder of the James Yan Rural Reconstruction Institute in Dingzhou, Hebei Province, an organization that carries out experimental reforms (including trying out low-cost wood construction methods) on behalf of rural communities and recruits local volunteers and experts to train rural residents.
溫鐵軍是中國人民大學鄉村建設學院院長，中國著名的農業專家；所謂的「項目」，就是他在河北定州成立的「晏陽初鄉村建設學院」，一個號召各地志工和專業人士教育農民、為農村進行各種改革（包括嘗試低成本造屋）的實驗基地。