Prof. Wen Yi received his Bachelor of Medicine from West China University of Medical Science in 1982, Master of Science in History and Philosophy of Science from Notre Dame in 1991, and Ph.D. of Economics from the University of Lowa in 1996. He was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (1996 -- 1999), Assistant Professor of Economics at the Cornell University (1999 -- 2005), and Adjunct Professor at Washington University of St. Louis (2005 -- 2008). Since 2005, he served as a Senior Researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States, then was promoted to Assistant Vice President in 2008, and since the same year, he became a Professor of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, CCB Endowed Professor, PhD Supervisor and a scholar of China's National One-Thousand-Talent Program. Prof. Wen Yi was appointed as a Tenured Full Professor at Indiana University (USA) and Warwick University (UK). In August 2021, he resigned from the Federal Reserve and joined Antai College of Economics and Management (ACEM), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) as a Professor of Economics. His main courses include Advanced Macroeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Chinese Macroeconomics and History of Industrial Revolution.

Prof. Wen Yi has published more than 50 academic articles in the world's top-tier economic journals, such as Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control and other top international academic journals which adopt anonymous peer review. His monographs include "Great China's Industrial Revolution——Critical Outline of the General Principles of Political Economy Development" (Tsinghua University Press, 2016), "The Making of an Economic Superpower——Unlocking China’s Secret of Rapid Industrialization" (in English, World Book Inc Press, 2016), and "The Code of the Scientific Revolution——Guns, War and the Mystery of the Rise of the West" (Oriental Publishing Center Co., Ltd., 2021).

Weisi Xie is the Shanghai Director at the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network (EICN), and is responsible for engaging with top executives in the region on key economic and political issues as well as industry-specific analysis to support their businesses in the dynamic Chinese market.

Mr. Xie served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University before joining EICN. As a trained trade economist, his teaching and research mainly focused on the fields of international trade, industrial economics and economic development, with a particular emphasis on China’s economy in a global perspective. He also possesses extensive expertise in the non-profit sector through work experience with think tanks and international organizations, including the Shanghai Institute for National Economy and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, where he contributed to multiple government counseling projects and policy studies. His work has appeared in leading academic journals as well as major economic policy publications.

Mr. Xie has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a B.A. in International Business from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.