Dr. Fan is widely acknowledged as one of China’s most prominent economists and holds several senior positions in academia, public administration and in the private sector.

In addition to his role as advisor to the People's Bank of China's monetary-policy committee to which he was appointed by the government in 2006, Dr. Fan is also the Secretary General of the National Economic Research Institute in Beijing. Dr. Fan also serves as Professor of Economics, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), an influential government think tank. Other positions include Non-Executive Director of Ping An Insurance, Professor at Beijing University as well as consultant to numerous international organizations including the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

Earlier in his career, Dr. Fan was a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr. Fan received his PhD in economics at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.