Mr. LI Cheng is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Capital University of Economics and Business (China), a master's degree in economics from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (France), and a Ph.D. in economics from Université Paris-Est (France). He spent one year (2014-2015) as a visiting professor at the China Institute at University of Alberta, Canada. His research interests include international finance, applied econometrics, and China’s economic reforms and financial opening-up. He has publications in peer-reviewed academic journals, such as China Economic Review, Economics Letters, China and World Economy, Economic Research Journal (Jing Ji Yan Jiu) and Economic Perspectives (Jing Ji Xue Dong Tai).