She is from Beijing, China, and holds a B.A., M.A., and PhD from Harvard University. Her multiple academic works on international macroeconomic and China have been published in the top journals in Economics, such as the American Economic Review. She sits on the editorial board of the Review of Economic Studies, and is a columnist for Project Syndicate and Caixin magazine—the main economics and finance magazine in China. She serves as a non-executive director to Richemont Group, and is on the Medici Committee for Amundi. In the past, she has consulted for the World Bank, the IMF, the New York Fed, Goldman Sachs, and other financial institutions.