Prof. Fan Gang is President of China Development Institute (CDI) in Shenzhen, China, Director of National Economic Research Institute (NERI) and Chairman of China Reform Foundation in Beijing, China. He is Professor of Economics at Peking University (PHBS) and at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). He is a guest professor at a number of universities and graduate schools.

He served as an independent member of the Monetary Policy Committee of China’s Central Bank from 2006 to 2010, and again since 2015, and…

Dr. Guo Wanda is Executive Vice President of China Development Institute (CDI) and Vice Chairman of Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies.

He specializes in macroeconomics, economic and social development of Hong Kong and Macao, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation, low-carbon economy, urbanization and industrial economics. He played leading roles in research projects commissioned by Chinese central and local governments. His published books include Rethinking China’s Urbanization and Metropolis, Migrant Workers’ Early…

Dr. Qu Jian is Vice President of China Development Institute (CDI). He serves as an expert of the MOFCOM and a SEZ consultant of ADB.

He specializes in industrial economics, regional economics, special economic zones and industrial parks. He played leading roles in more than 100 research projects for policy makers and businesses from home and abroad. He provided consultation on master planning, industrial planning, spatial planning, investment feasibilities and legislation proposals for special economic zones and industrial parks in many…

Dr Liu Guohong is Vice President at China Development Institute. He is also the Director of the China Token Digital Economic Research Center. His research foci include finance, regional economics, industrial planning, innovation-driven growth, and business strategy. Dr Liu is the co-author of Public Welfare, Finance and Goodness Economy and is the editor in chief of China’s Financial Center Index 12 and China’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Finance Index Report. His academic works have been published in various key academic journals. Dr Liu…

Zheng Yujie is the Assistant President of China Development Institute. He is also expert of the Science and Technology Group of Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Zone, member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC Luohu District, Shenzhen, and President of the Luohu District Intellectual Association. He has been engaging in government decision-making research in the fields of urban economic development and strategic emerging industry planning throughout his career. He has presided over or participated in over a dozen of development planning…

Dr. Cao Zhongxiong is the Assistant President of the China Development Institute and the Director of the Digital Strategy and Economic Research Center. He is also the expert in the economic group of Shenzhen Pioneering Demonstration Zone for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, the consulting expert to the Legislative Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Shenzhen Association of Applied Economics.

Dr. Cao’s research focuses on the digital economy. He has led and participated in…