Yi Lan is a campaigner on forest issues for Greenpeace China. She took the responsibility of projects initiating and implementation for achieving zero deforestation objective globally. This includes a Green publishing project in China, stopping illegal logging and timber trade, 'bring your own chopsticks' (No disposable chopsticks) projects; actions and research with the goal of protecting Paradise forest, Amazon forest etc.
Originally from Sichuan province, Southwest China, Yi Lan attended University in Beijing, where she has been living and working since 1999. She took an internship in the Bayer Health Care company when she was a sophomore, hence commencing her experience in multinational companies as a specialist in marketing with companies such as Unilever and Bausch & Lomb.