Bachelor's in Mathematics and Master's in Mgmt, Wuhan Univ.; PhD in Accounting, Univ. of Minnesota. Former: Assistant Prof. of Accounting, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Tech.; Visiting Professor, Peking Univ.; Professor, China EMBA programme, Univ. of Minnesota. Financial management adviser to local govts and Chinese and multinational corporations. Member, Board of Directors, The People's Insurance Company (Group) of China. Research focuses on mechanism design, the role of accounting information disclosure on management decision-making, performance evaluation and incentive. Research published in the Journal of Economic Theory and several books. Recipient of several teaching awards.