Professor, Director of Department of Macroeconomics of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC. 9 years as a professor in the Party School, focusing on finance and economics, one year in State Foreign Experts Bureau, and one year as the vice mayor of Fuqing, a city in Fujian province. Dr. Chen received all his degrees in finance from Renmin University of China (BA in 2000, MA in 2003 and PhD in 2006). He was a visiting scholar in Georgetown University in 2009. Outstanding Youth Expert; France China Young Leader Programme.