Associate Professor, received her PhD from University of Maryland in 2011 and joined Renmin University of China in the same year. She used to work at the World Bank from 2010 to 2011. The focus of her research lies in health economics and public finance. Publications include: “The Impact of Water Quality on Health: Evidence from the Drinking Water Infrastructure Program in Rural China”, Journal of Health Economics, 2012;“Fiscal Decentralization and Local Expenditure Policy”, China Economic Review, 2014;  “Health Shocks, Village Elections, and Household Income: Evidence from Rural China”, China Economic Review, 2014; “Soft Budget Constraints in China: Evidence from the Guangdong Hospital Industry”, International Journal of Healthcare Finance and Economics, 2009.