HE Yupeng is senior research fellow and deputy director-general in charge of policy research, development planning and international collaboration in China Center for Town Reform and Development (CCTRD) under the State Council Office for Restructuring Economic Systems. His expertise in the field of agricultural and rural development policies evaluation, commodity and trade analysis, and population-related studies evolves him to a number of preeminent consultancy positions such as advisor to the Minister of Agriculture on WTO issues and member of expert group to the State Council on women's advancement. He is also core faculty member of LEAD China. Before he moved to CCTRD in 2002, he had served in the Research Center for Rural Economy in the Ministry of Agriculture and its predecessor Research Center for Rural Development of the State Council for 14 years, directing divisions of market and trade studies, macroeconomic studies and international cooperation, and working on national rural surveillance network. During the past one and half decade, He Yupeng has chaired a number of national and international research projects and has authored more than 50 papers and several books. He also worked as consultant to many international organizations, such as OECD, FAO, APEC, and ASEAN. He Yupeng graduated from the Department of Sociology at Peking University in 1988 and studied at the Department of Population Studies and International Health at Harvard University.