Yuan Ren, a professor at Fudan University’s School of Social Development and Public Policy, a senior researcher at the Institute of Population Research (IPR), previously served as Vice Director of the University’s Humanities and Social Sciences Research Office, Vice Director of Yangtze River Delta Research Institute, and etc. He was the recipient of the 2007 Chinese Young Demographer Award from the National Population and Family Planning Committee and the 2012 New Century Scholar Award from the National Ministry of Education. He was a former Fulbright recipient (2015-2016). His recent publications include China’s Population Development Report 1949-2018 (2020), China’s Next Urbanization (2018), and Post-Demographic Transition (2016).