Mr. Chen joined the Board of Directors of the Company in January 2023. Mr. Chen is an economist, a young-to-middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1997) and a member of Chinese Economists 50 Forum since 1998. Mr. Chen served as the director of Economics Research Institute of the State Planning Commission, an Executive Vice President of the Academy of Macroeconomics Research of the National Development and Reform Commission, an economics advisor for Beijing, Guangdong province and Shanxi province. Mr. Chen is currently a professor and Ph.D. tutor of the Graduate School at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a member of the Expert Team for Yangtze River Delta Integration and the Expert Committee of Sichuan Provincial Government, and an executive council member of Sun Yefang Foundation. Mr. Chen mainly focuses on the research of macroeconomics theory and policy.