He achieved PhD at the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since 2011, he has served as manager for over 10 programs funded by China’s National Natural Science Foundation, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation and etc., with a particular focus on education and development policy. He teaches Impact Evaluation, Statistics, Econometrics and Using Stata in Economics at Shaanxi Normal University. His recent research focus on early childhood development, migrants and their children, and computer assisted learning.