He Fan is a senior fellow of Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is also a Senior Economics Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking in New York.
Dr. He is one of the most active young economists in China. His fields of interest include Chinese macro-economy, international finance, and international political economy. He is the author or editor of 10 books and more than 100 papers in professional economics journals. Dr. He has worked on a broad range of issues like RMB exchange rate policy, China’s foreign trade and FDI policy, and financial system reform.
He is a consultant for the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, People’s Bank of China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is deeply involved in many policy discussions.
Dr. He is also a member of the Bellagio group of central bankers and academics (Group Thirty). He was a visiting fellow at Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, in 2014.
At the same time, Dr. He has written extensively for a broader public audience. He is a columnist for many newspapers and magazines. Dr. He is also an economics commentator for CCTV2, and a regular guest on Dialogue, CCTV9. He has also been interviewed by BBC, CNN, NHK, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and other international media.
He was selected as “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum in 2005, “Asian Young Leader” by the Asia Society in 2006, and “Young Leader” (YLF) by NCUSCR (“National Committee of US China Relationship”) in 2007.
Dr. He received his Ph. D degree (2000) and MA degree (1996) in economics from the Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Hainan University in 1993. From 1998-2000, He was a visiting fellow at Harvard University.

Source: Institute for New Economic Thinking