Doctor Jianwei Xu is a Senior Economist for Greater China (Executive Director), Natixis, specializing in global and Chinese financial market and macroeconomy. He was a professor at Beijing Normal University. He was also working as a guest researcher at China Academy of Social Science, and was a member of China Finance Forum 40. He obtained a PhD in economics from National School of Development (formerly known as China Center for Economic Research) of Peking University in 2011. His past research fields include international economics, macroeconomics and labor economics. He has published many academic papers in peer reviewed journals and policy-oriented articles in non-academic magazines and newspaper.