Lunyu Xie is a titled professor at Renmin University of China (RUC). She is also the Executive Dean of the Academy of Peace and Development, and the Assistant Dean of the School of Applied Economics at RUC. Lunyu obtained Bachelor degree (in 2003) and Master degree in Economics (in 2005) from Peking University, and Master degree in Statistics (in 2010) and Philosophy degree in Economics (2013) from UC Berkeley. Her research areas are in Development Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Energy Economics, and Applied Econometrics, ranging from poverty alleviation, green development in less developed areas, industry migration and air quality, electricity market reform and climate change, household energy consumption survey and research, etc. Lunyu’s papers have been published in top academic journals, including Journal of Development Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Energy Economics, etc. She is currently an associated editor of China Economic Review.