Economist. MBA, UCLA. Formerly: Vice-Minister of Chemical Industry; Director, Department of Management Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China. President: China Soft-Science Research Society; Research Centre on Fictitious Economy and Data Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Formerly: Vice-Chairman, Standing Committee, National People's Congress; Chairman, China National Democratic Construction Association. Author of numerous academic books and over 100 articles in academic journals. Recipient of awards: Globalist of the Year Award, Canadian International Council (2008); Second Class National Award of Science and Technology, Progress of China (1992).