Wang Shaoyuan, female, Deputy Director of Institute of Higher Education of Liaoning University, professor, doctoral supervisor. She used to be the Deputy Dean of the Liaoning Institute of Education, Director of the Institute of Higher Education, and Director of the Education Development Strategy and Policy Research Center. She is an expert enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, an Outstanding Expert of Liaoning Province, a Leading Talent of Philosophy and Social Sciences in the program of Prospering Talents Project of Liaoning Province, and a Hundred-level Candidate in Multi-Million Talent Project of Liaoning Province. The main academic part-time titles are: Executive Director of Academic Research Branch of China Association of Higher Education; Director of China Association of Higher Education; Director of Reform and Development Planning Committee of Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy; General Secretary of Liaoning Provincial Higher Education Association; Evaluation Expert of Liaoning Philosophy and Social Science Achievement Award; Evaluation Expert of the Discipline Evaluation Group of Liaoning Province; Invited Research Expert of Liaoning Youth Development Research Base; Special Researcher of “Education Evaluation and Development Strategy Research Center” of Liaoning Key Think Tank.

Her main research fields are higher education management, strategic planning and policies for higher education development. Her main academic achievements are as followed:

1. She has published 6 academic monographs, including Theories and Practices of Regional University Characteristic Development, Scale Control and Structural Optimization of Regional Higher Education; has edited 9 academic monographs such as Liaoning Education Reform and Development Report 2008-2012.

2. Focusing on the research fields of higher education management, strategic planning and policy of higher education development, more than 40 academic papers have been published in China Higher Education Research, National Academy of Education Administration and Modern Education Management. Among them, many articles have been reprinted by China Social Science Digest, Photocopies of Renmin University of China, Higher Education and Pedagogy, or indexed by Xinhua Digest.

3. Since 2010, she has participated in hundreds of educational decision-making consulting service projects of Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. Among them, she has participated in more than 10 projects of major guidelines and policies, including the Outline of Liaoning Province's Medium- and Long-term Education Reform and Development Planning (2010-2020). She has published more than 20 pieces of political suggestions on national and provincial platforms, such as Education Achievements Report of National Office for Education Sciences Planning, Research Report of China Association of Higher Education, Consultation Digest of Liaoning Provincial Government Advisory Committee and Provincial Committee Policy Research Office, Education Decision Reference of Liaoning Education Research Institute, her suggestions have been approved by the provincial leaders and leaders of Department of Education for many times.

4. At present, she is chairing the key project of the Ministry of Education: "Research on the Adjustment and Function Reconstruction of Local Higher Education Systems in the Process of Educational Modernization", and the Sub-project of the National Social Science Fund's Major Bidding Project Strengthening Local Higher Education, Consolidating the Fundamental Research on Building Higher Education into a Powerful Country. In addition, she is hosting 3 research projects which are Research on the Reconstruction and Institutional Innovation of Liaoning Higher Education System under the Background of Comprehensive Revitalization of Prospering Talents Project of Liaoning Province, Research on Financial Issues in Strategic Management of Universities by the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education, Research on the Standardization and Standardized Construction of the List of Administrative Powers of Educational Administrative Departments at the Provincial, City and County Levels of Provincial Federation of Social Sciences. Over the years, she has presided over 7 national and provincial projects and participated in 10 provincial-level research projects.

5. Her published academic achievements have won 2 national awards, 8 awards from provincial government and 7 other provincial awards.