Yao Yang has no personal evaluation. According to relevant information, Yao Yang was born in Xi, Shaanxi, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He is currently the president of National Development Research Institute of Peking University, Boya distinguished professor of Peking University, and the director of China Economic Research Center of Peking University. His research fields include China's economic development and new political economy, and his works include Dialogue between Institution and Efficiency in the North and Economic Reform as Institutional Innovation.