Chen Changsheng has a PhD in economics, serves as the director of the Macroeconomic Research Department of the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council, P. R. China. Chen is also the spokesperson of DRC and the director of its Big Data Laboratory for Macro Decision-making. As a leading talent in philosophy and social sciences, Chen is selected for the national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan", leading cultural expert and member of the "Four Groups of Talents" Project (in the theoretical field), the special allowances receipant from the State Council, member of the 13th National Youth Federation Standing Committee and Chairman of the Economic Division. Chen's research interest lies in macroeconomic policy research, and he has lead multiple policy research tasks assigned by the central government, major research programmes, and international cooperation projects. Chen has participated in the drafting of documents for the Central Economic Work Conference, Government Work Reports, and the preparation of the National Five-Year Plan over an extended period.
YANG Guangpu has a PhD in economics, serves as an Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Macroeconomic Research of the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council, P. R. China. Before joining DRC, Yang had studied at Peking University (PKU), University of Hong Kong (HKU), and National University of Singapore (NUS). He had also taught various courses at various departments at NUS, including Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, International Finance, Econometrics, as well as Public Economics. Yang was a visiting scholar at the The Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford (2019-2020). Yang's research interest lies in International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics, with a recent focus on the construction of macroeconomic indices, the international coordination of macroeconomic policies, the estimation and evolution of productivity, and the implementation of competition policies. Yang has published a number of academic papers on journals like the Journal of International Money and Finance.
Li Chengjian has a PhD in economics, serves as an Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Macroeconomic Research of the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council, P. R. China. , and a member of the 10th Council of the Chinese Society of Finance. Li's research interest lies in macroeconomics, finance and taxation, social security, big data macroeconomics. Li has participated in multiple policy research tasks assigned by the central government, major research projects, and international cooperation projects. Li has published a number of academic papers on journals like the Journal of Population Economics, Economics Letters and China Economic Review.