Dr. Guoen Liu, born in 1957, was appointed as our Independent Non-executive Director on 3 September 2010.
Dr. Liu is a noted scholar in the fields of health and development economics, health reform and pharmaceutical economics. Dr. Liu currently serves as a BOYA professor of economics of Peking University, vice dean of Economics and Management of Peking University, MOH Yangtze River Scholar professor of economics at the Peking University National School of Development, and director of the China Center for Health and Economic Research of Peking University. From 2000 to 2006, Dr. Liu was tenured associate professor of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1994 to 2000, Dr. Liu was assistant professor of University of Southern California. Dr. Liu also serves as editor or a member of the editorial board in various periodic in the field of pharmaceutical economics.
Dr. Liu received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Southwestern University for Nationalities in 1981, his master's degree in statistics from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in 1985, his Ph.D. in economics from the City University of New York in 1991, and post-doctoral training in health economics from Harvard University in 1994.