On October 22, 2026, the Think Tank Expert Appointment Conference of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held in Shenyang. At the conference, Zhou Bo, Chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the CPPCC, presented letters of appointment to the newly appointed think tank experts and delivered a speech. Four experts from Liaoning University (LNU) — Yu Miaojie, Wang Zhenyu, Jiang Jianli, and Yang Nan — were selected as think tank experts for the new term of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the CPPCC. President Yu spoke on behalf of the think tank experts.
As a key intellectual platform serving the scientific decision-making of the provincial Party Committee and the provincial government, think tank experts of the Provincial CPPCC conduct in-depth research on Liaoning’s economic and social development, provide policy recommendations grounded in theory and practical relevance, and engage in research as well as consultation and deliberation on state affairs under the CPPCC’s Annual Consultation Plan and key topics.
The selection of four LNU scholars into the think tank, each with deep academic grounding and rich experience in policy research, represents a strong recognition by the Provincial CPPCC of LNU’s capacity in humanities and social science research to serve local development. Taking this as a new starting point, the university will further integrate its disciplinary resources and think tank strengths, focus closely on the overarching and strategic issues in Liaoning’s revitalization and development, and conduct in-depth research and decision-making advisory work, demonstrating the academic advantages and intellectual support of a university think tank and making greater contributions to the comprehensive revitalization of Liaoning Province.
Yu Miaojie is President of LNU, a deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC), and a Special Supervisor of the National Commission of Supervision. He is a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society (RES) and a Fellow of the International Economic Association (IEA). He is a Distinguished Professor of the National Talent Program, a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, a Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist, and a Boya Distinguished Professor at Peking University. He is among the top 1% most highly cited economists worldwide in economics and management and serves as an Associate Editor of The Economic Journal (EJ), a leading international journal in economics. He is a recipient of the State Council Special Government Allowance and Chief Expert for Major Projects under the National Social Science Fund of China. He has served as editor-in-chief of the first batch of China’s Original Philosophy and Social Science Key Textbooks (China Economics Series) and national-level planning textbooks. His research focuses on international trade, the world economy, and China’s economic development. He has published more than 230 high-quality papers in leading journals across China and abroad and authored 40 works in Chinese, English, and German. He was the first Chinese scholar to receive the Royal Economic Society Prize. He has received multiple awards, including the Wu Yuzhang Humanities and Social Sciences Research Award, the Zhang Peigang Development Economics Award, the An Zijie International Trade Research Award, the Liu Shibai Economics Prize, the Hu Sheng Youth Academic Research Award, the National Trade Development Research Award, the China Youth Economist Award, and the Achievement Award of the Liaoning Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Award.
Wang Zhenyu is Dean of the Institute of Sub-National Fiscal Research at LNU and a doctoral supervisor. He is a national-level candidate of the New Century Talents Project, an expert receiving the Special Government Allowance of the State Council, and a recipient of the National May 1st Labor Medal. He also serves as Executive Director of the Society of Public Finance of China, President of the Liaoning Province Finance Society, and Vice Chair of the 10th Academic Committee of LNU. He has long served as a decision-making consultant for the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, a think tank expert for the Financial and Economic Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress, and a think tank expert for the Provincial CPPCC. He has published more than 60 academic works in journals such as Finance & Trade Economics, Public Finance Research, and Economic Theory and Business Management, over 20 of which have been reprinted in full by Finance and Taxation, a replicated journal. A number of his policy advisory recommendations have been adopted in various internal reference publications. More than 90 of his outputs have received instructions from leaders at or above the vice-ministerial (deputy-provincial) level, including 11 from central leadership (6 at the chief-national level), 60 at the chief-provincial level, and 20 at the deputy-provincial level. Eight of his social science research outputs have received first prizes at the provincial and ministerial level, and one received a third prize from the Ministry of Education.
Jiang Jianli is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Sub-National Fiscal Research, LNU. He serves as a member of the Decision-Making Advisory Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, a Special Researcher of the Counsellors’ Office of the Provincial Government, a member of the 11th and 12th CPPCC Liaoning Provincial Committees, a Think Tank Expert of the Provincial CPPCC, a Financial and Economic Consultant of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress, a Decision-Making Consultant of the Liaoning Association of Senior Scientists and Technologists, and a Special Researcher of the Development Research Centre of the Provincial Government. He is the former Deputy Director of the Provincial Information Center.
His research focuses on provincial conditions, analyzing and forecasting Liaoning’s economic and social development, and addressing major issues. He has produced abundant results, most of which have been provided to leaders and relevant departments of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People’s Congress, the Provincial Government, and the Provincial CPPCC as internal policy advisory materials and have been adopted. Jiang has been invited multiple times to participate in research seminars on major decisions of the Provincial Party Committee and has attended and addressed the Provincial Party Committee’s seminars on economic and social development for the 14th Five-Year Plan (September 2020) and the 15th Five-Year Plan (November 2025). Since 2020, his policy advisory and research reports have received more than 30 instructions from leaders at the chief-provincial level. He has served as editor-in-chief of 53 issues of the internal publication Reviewing the Situation and has published over 20 articles on economic conditions and major issues in the Consultation Digest of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee and the Social Science Think Tank of the Liaoning Federation of Social Sciences. These have provided important support and a basis for the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government in formulating strategies, policies, and measures for economic and social development, and for Party and government leaders in grasping the overall trend of economic development.
Yang Nan holds a PhD in Social Policy from the University of York, UK. She is an associate professor at the School of Public Management of LNU, Dean of the LNU (Anshan) Urban Research Institute, and Secretary-General of the Northeast Institute of Population and Social Development. She also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the East Asian Social Policy Research Network (EASP), and of the Social Policy Research Committee of the Chinese Sociological Association, and as an expert at the Liaoning Research Base for Grassroots United Front Work Theory of the China United Front Theory Research Association. She is a member of the China Zhi Gong Party, serving as Director of the Population, Resources and Environment Committee of the Shenyang Municipal Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party and a member of the Committee on Participation in State Affairs of the Liaoning Provincial Committee. Her research focuses on East Asian welfare systems and social policy, population and family policy, and population ageing and long-term care. She has published in leading academic journals such as Political Studies and Social Policy & Administration. She has led general projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China and projects funded by the Liaoning Provincial Social Science Fund. Dozens of her policy recommendations have been adopted at the national and provincial-ministerial levels. She has received multiple instructions from leaders at the provincial and ministerial levels.
Translated by: Zeng Xi
Edited by: Mark Moore
Proofread by: Li Zhibin
Reviewed by: Jin Jinghua
