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LI Daokui is a Professor in the Department of Finance at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and graduated with a BS from Tsinghua University in 1985, being part of the first undergraduate class of the School of Economics and Management. He is currently the Dean of the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China. He is also a delegate to the Beijing People’s Congress and a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee (CPPCC). Additionally, he serves as a Co-president of the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) and a Rapporteur of the International Financial Institutions Reform Cluster of the Global Redesign Initiative (GRI) of the World Economic Forum. His research includes projects sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the National Science Foundation of China, focusing on the internationalization of RMB and reevaluating the GDP and economic structure of ancient China, including the Ming Dynasty. He has published extensively in both English and Chinese academic journals.