1923165438+1was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu on October 23rd. 1946 graduated from the Department of Economics, National Southwest Associated University, Kunming, Yunnan. 1946- 1948, Professor of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin. 65438+September 0948- 195 1 year Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Social Studies, Nanjing Academia Sinica. 195 1 year-1955 graduate student, Department of National Economic Planning, Moscow Institute of Economics. 1955, worked in the Institute of Economics of China Academy of Sciences (later China Academy of Social Sciences), and served as assistant researcher, researcher, director of research office, editor-in-chief and director of Economic Research magazine. 1975- 1980 was seconded to the Economic Research Institute of the State Planning Commission. 198 1 year-1982 concurrently serves as the deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics. 1982- 1993 vice president of China academy of social sciences. 1982- 1992 served as alternate member of the 12th and 13th Central Committee of China. 1993165438+10 as a special consultant of China Academy of Social Sciences since October. 1993- 1998 member of the 8th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC). 1988 was elected as a foreign academician by Polish Academy of Sciences on May 27th. On September 20, 20065438+0, he was elected as an honorary doctor by Russian Academy of Sciences. In March 2005, he won the first China Prize for Outstanding Contribution in Economics. In July 2006, he was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences by China Academy of Social Sciences. He is now the director and honorary chairman of the Sun Economic Science Foundation and the honorary chairman of the Award Committee of the Foundation. He is also a professor in Peking University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He used to be a member of the State Council Academic Degree Committee, a member of the State Council Three Gorges Project Evaluation Committee, chairman of China Urban Development Research Association, president of China Ecological Economics Association, independent director of China Petrochemical Co., Ltd. and director of the National Social Security Foundation Council. He has participated in and led the research, demonstration and consultation on major topics such as economic development, macroeconomic management and economic system reform in China, and is one of the most famous and influential economists in contemporary China.