Dean of Emerging Markets Research Institute and Development Research Institute of Beijing Normal University, director of China Energy and Strategic Resources Research Center, deputy director of China Rural Governance Research Center, professor of economics and doctoral supervisor. Bachelor of Economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Master of Science from Asia Institute of Technology-Dortmund University, Ph.D. in Economics from Witten University, Germany, and postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University. He served as the Social Research Department of China.

Research intern at the Institute of Agricultural Economics (later renamed as "Rural Development Institute"), research intern at the Population Institute of the East-West Center in the United States (3 months), research assistant at the Asian Institute of Technology (1 year), economic official of the World Bank representative office in China (2.5 years), vice president and chief economist of Societe Generale in Asia, chief representative of the company in Beijing (4 years), co-founder and CFO of Shuangqiao Technology in the United States, Inc (3 years), senior researcher of Harvard University (2.5 years), researcher of China Academy of Social Sciences, professor of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1998), doctoral supervisor (2006-present), vice president and dean of School of Economics and Resource Management of Beijing Normal University.

The representative works were awarded 1995, the Sun Economic Science Award in 2007 (the 6th and 12th sessions) and the nomination award of the 3rd National Book Award in 1997 respectively. In 2009, together with Tan Chongtai, Wu Jinglian, Liu Zunyi, Yao Yang, he won the second Zhang Outstanding Achievement Award in Development Economics.