长期从事旅游产业政策、可持续发展和休闲研究。任《中国旅游绿皮书》主编、《中国休闲绿皮书》主编,国家开发银行行业专家,Journal of Sustainable Tourism以及《中国软科学》、《浙江大学学报》、《中国社会科学院研究生院学报》、《旅游学刊》等刊物匿名审稿人,澳大利亚昆士兰大学等院校的博士论文审稿人。
宋瑞博士在《财贸经济》、《中国软科学》、《城市问题》、《旅游学刊》、Journal of Sustainable Tourism等刊物发表大量学术文章,出版专著4本,译著7本。代表著作包括:《生态旅游:国际视野与中国实践》(2007)、《利益相关者视角下的古村镇旅游》(2013)、《寻找中国的休闲:跨越太平洋的对话》(2014)、Finding Leisure in China(2015)等。此外,还在《中国旅游报》《人民日报(海外版)》等报刊上发表大量评论文章。
30、Cros, H. du, Bauer, T., Lo, C., Rui Song, Cultural Heritage Assets in China as Sustainable Tourism Products: Case Studies of the Hutongs and the Huanghua Section of the Great Wall, Journal of Sustainable Tourism (No. 2, 2005)
Dr. Song Rui is Director of the Tourism Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) and a Research Fellow of the National Academy of Economic Strategy, CASS. Her research fields are sustainable tourism and leisure research. Dr. Song has been Editor-in-chief of the Tourism Green Book of China for 13 years, and Editor-in-chief of the Leisure Green Book of China for 7 years. She is also an advisor to the National Development Bank and the China National Tourism Administration,an expert of World Tourist Cities Federation. Dr. Song has led or been a key member in more than 20 research projects funded by the National Foundation of Social Sciences, CASS, EU-China, the China National Tourism Administration, the Asian Development Bank, WWF and other organizations. She was a Visiting Scholar at Gothenberg University (Sweden) and Penn State University, and has written numerous books and articles. In 2015, Dr. Song Rui gave class to the ministries leaders in the training program co-organized by Central Organization Department, China National Tourism Administration and Chinese Academy of Governance.