Liu Wei is a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, former president of Renmin University of China, professor and Ph.D. supervisor of the School of Economics at Renmin University of China, and professor and Ph.D. supervisor of the School of Economics at Peking University. He is a member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, chair of the Theoretical Economics Review Group under the Committee, and member (Director-level) of the Steering Committee for Economics Teaching in Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education. Prof. Liu is also a vice president of China Association of Higher Education and vice president of the Third Council of China Institute of Theory on the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CITCPPCC). His main research areas include socialist political economics with Chinese characteristics, economic development, economic growth theory, etc.