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Prof. Fan Gang is Chairman of China Development Institute (CDI) in Shenzhen, China, Director of National Economic Research Institute (NERI) and Former Vice President of China Society of Economic Reform 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 Commit…

Dr LIU Guohong is President at China Development Institute. His research interests encompass regional economic development, industrial planning, and financial practices. He has led over 60 projects commissioned by central and local governments. Dr Liu is the author of Logic of Shenzhen, co-author of Digital Economy Era: Historical Evolution and Development Trends and Public Welfare, Finance and Goodness Economy and is the editor in chief of China’s Financial Center Index …

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 M…

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 …

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 research projects commis…

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 over one hu…