Prof. Yiming Yuan, PhD, PhD supervisor, Deputy Director of China Center for Special Economic Zones Research and chief editor of “Journal  studies on  China’s Special Economic Zones”. He holds also positions of deputy director of Shenzhen Industrial Economics association, expert of Shenzhen City Government Soft Science Expert Committee, and academic leader of “Economics of Population, Resources & Environmental economics”. And he also serves as local consultant of the World Bank. His main research areas are economic development, industrial organization and policy research. In recent years he has presided 25 research projects including projects for the World Bank, the State Ministry of Education, Shenzhen municipal government.