Li Xiangyang is a research fellow and director of National Institute of International Strategy (NISS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and he is also a professor of the Post-Graduate School of CASS, Vice-president of the China Society of World Economics, Vice-president of the China Society of American Economy, Vice-president of the China Society of Asia-Pacific Study.

He graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics in 1983, and received his PhD in economics from Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1998.

He specializes in international economics and firm theory. He has written research papers on WTO, regional trade arrangements, international economic rules, globalization as well as the foreign economic policy of China. Li’s works on regionalism and globalization has influenced both academic research and economic education.