EDUCATION

Sep 2003 - Jun 2008, Ph.D. in Economics, School of Statistics, Renmin University of China (RUC)

Sep 1997 - Jul 2001, Bachelor in Economics, Department of Statistics, RUC

WORK EXPERIENCE

Sep 2012 – present, Associate Professor, School of Statistics, RUC

Jul 2010 - Aug 2012, Economist, Institute for International Finance, Bank of China

Postdoctoral Researcher, Chinese Academy of Social Science

Jul 2008 - Jun 2010, Assistant Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applied Statistics, Official Statistics, Innovation and Competitiveness, International Finance and Banking

SELECTED AWARDS

Aug 2024, Popular Reading Award in Social Science, Ministry of Education

Feb 2019, Second Prize of Excellent Books in Social Science, Beijing Municipal Government

Mar 2013, Second Prize of Excellent Books in Social Science, Ministry of Education

FUNDING

Sep 2024 – Sep 2025, “Research on Monitoring System of Enterprise Innovation Prosperity”, NBS (2024ZX08).

Jul 2024 – Apr 2025, “Comparison of Foreign Direct Investment Statistics between International Standard and Chinese Practice”, Ministry of Commerce.

Aug 2021 - Mar 2022, “Performance and Evaluation of High-quality Development in the New Development Stage”, NBS (2021ZX20).

Dec 2021 - Jun 2022, “Coefficient Optimization of Cost Difference in Equilibrium Transfer Payment of the Central Government”, Ministry of Finance.

Aug 2018-May 2020, "Statistical Indicators Research on High-quality Development", NBS (2018ZX02).

un 2015-May 2021, "From Science Statistics to Innovation Statistics, Official Statistics Reform on Innovation" National Social Science Foundation (15BTJ013) .

Sep 2012-Dec 2015, "Currency Competition and Renminbi Internationalization", China Postdoctoral Foundation （ 2012T50193 ） .

PUBLICATIONS

"Discussion on Statistical Supervision"(with GAO Minxue, CAI Guocai & LI Jingping), Statistical Research , 2023(2):3-15.

"An Empirical Study on the Statistical Standard for the Size Classification of Large, Medium, Small and Micro-sized Enterprises"(with GAO Minxue, SUN Qinghui & HU Qiang), the Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics , 2022(2):164-181.

"Statistical Testing of Index System and Comprehensive Evaluation Results"(with HU Qiang), the World of Survey and Research , 2021(09):65-73.

"International Experience and China's Practice on Official Innovation Statistics"(with CHEN Fang), Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences , 2020(3):353-362.

"The Calculation on Contribution Rate of Technological Progress Based on the Equal Efficiency Method"(with YE Yindan), Science Research Management , 2019(12):105-115.

"Does innovation stimulate employment? Evidence from China, France, Germany, and The Netherlands"(with Jun Hou, Can Huang, Georg Licht, Jacques Mairesse, Pierre Mohnen, Benoit Mulkay, Bettina Peters, Yilin Wu & Yanyun Zhao), Industrial and Corporate Change , 2019(1):109-121.

"Research on Manipulation of SHIBOR Pricing by Chinese Commercial Banks" (with ZHANG Kunxian), Studies of Finance and Banking Regularity , 2017(4):17-30.

"Research on RMB Arbitrage Mechanism between Onshore and Hong Kong Offshore Market" (with CHEN Li), Studies of International Finance , 2017(1):89-96.

"Research on Exchange Rates Interaction and Risk Spillover Effects between Offshore and Onshore Renminbi Exchange Rates" (with CHEN Li), Studies of Finance and Banking Regularity , 2016(10):1-22.

"Micro measurement of the relationship between innovation and productivity in the textile industry ofChina", Science Research Management , 2016(2):pp29-36.

"The Empirical Study on Mobility of Talents in Higher Education" (with GUO Honglin & WANG Fan), Tsinghua Journal of Education , 2016(1):pp69-77.

"Transfer from the Golden Week to Golden Holiday Season", Guangming Daily (Theory Review) , 2015.8.12.

"Miss-leading of Innovation Policy and Construction of Innovation System", Guangming Daily (Theory Review) , 2015.3.18.

"Currency Competition and Internationalization of the Renminbi", Studies of Finance and Banking Regularity , 2014(4):pp.62-76.

"The Experience and Enlightenment of Community Innovation Survey and its Data Development", Studies in Science of Science , 2014(7):pp. 1114-1120.

"Sovereign Credit Rating and Country Risk: Relations & Empirical Study" (with LI Jianjun & ZONG Liang), Studies of International Finance , 2012(12), pp.41-46.

BOOKS

China in Figures: Development and Achievements (co-author with HE Yaomin), Beijing: Renmin University Press, 2021.1. (English, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and Mongolian version was published till April 2025)

Guidelines for International Principles and Standards of Official Statistics (co-chief editors with GAO Minxue), Beijing: Economic Science Press, 2017.8.

Study Report on Beijing's Residents' Perception of Livelihood (with LIU Yang, Jingyi MA & Zhongyuan ZHANG), Beijing: Economic Science Press, 2010.

TEACHING

Statistics

Statistics for business and economics (undergraduate)

Statistical Analysis of Macroeconomics (undergraduate)

Case Study of Applied Statistics on Finance and Banking (undergraduate)

Academic Writing (master)

SOCIAL WORK

Jun 2020 - Deputy Secretary-General of the National Accounting Society of China

Nov 2015 - Present, Elected Member of International Statistical Institute

PRESENTATIONS

3 Mar, 2025, “Innovation Survey in Global Context”, invited lecture, Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) , the Kingdom of Cambodia, Phnom Penh.

26 Jul, 2023, “Innovation and Development, from Statistics to Policy”, invited lecture, UNSD & NBS , ShenZhen.

26 Jul, 2019, “Financial Reform and Internationalization of the Renminbi”, invited lecture, Universitat Wien , Vienna.

19 Sep, 2018, "Innovation Survey Practice in China", and "Joining Firm Innovation data with Patent Data, a Practice of Combining NSI Data with Administrative Data", 16th Conference of the International Association for Official Statistics , OECD, Paris.

06 Jul, 2016, "The Story of the Renminbi: Origin, Status and Prospects", invited lecture, European Institute of Asian Studies , Brussels.

29 Jul, 2015, "The Empirical Study on Mobility of Talents in Higher Education", 60^th Session of the International Statistical Institute , Rio de Janeiro.

06 Jul, 2016, "The Story of the Renminbi: Origin, Status and Prospects", invited lecture, European Institute of Asian Studies , Brussels.

29 Jul, 2015, "The Empirical Study on Mobility of Talents in Higher Education", 60^th Session of the International Statistical Institute , Rio de Janeiro.

29 Aug, 2013, "Innovation and Productivity in Chinese Firms: a Micro Study of Four Manufacturing Sectors", and Chair of the session "Measuring Poverty in the Context of Energy and Money Restrictions", 59^th Session of International Statistics Institute , Hong Kong.