Cai Hongbin was the third dean of the Guanghua School of Management. From 1997 to 2005 he was an assistant economics professor at the University of California Los Angeles. Cai Hongbin has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Wuhan University, a master's degree in economics from Peking University, and a PhD in economics from Stanford University. He is director of J. Mirrlees Institute of Economic Policy Research (IEPR) at Peking University, and director of Guanghua Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is a National Chang Jiang Scholar (awarded by the Ministry of Education of China) and a National Outstanding Young Researcher (awarded by National Science Foundation of China). He is a member of the Central Committee of China Democratic League and Vice Chairman of its Committee of Economic Affairs. He was the founding president of The Chinese Finance Association (TCFA, overseas). He serves on the boards of China Unicom and China Everbright Bank.
