Dr Yuhan Zhang is senior economist at the Conference Board’s China Centre, where he acts as the primary architect of the centre's research agenda and leads the economic and policy analysis. With over 15 years of research and professional experience in both the public and private sectors, Dr Zhang is widely recognised for his expertise in China's economic and business landscape, political economy and rigorous policy evaluation. Before joining The Conference Board, he was a scholar at UC Berkeley, lead economist and adviser to multinational corporations, research fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Randle International Fellow at Columbia University. Dr Zhang earned his PhD from UC Berkeley and a master's degree from Columbia University.