Lin Gang is the dean, professor, and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of China's Economic Reform and Development, Renmin University of China. His research areas are ownership theory, economic growth theory, economic system reform, economic methodology.

Wang Yiming is the executive director of the China Society of Macroeconomics and vice chairman of the Chinese Association for Regional Economics. He has been engaged in macroeconomic research for a long time, mainly in the fields of macroeconomic policy, economic and social development planning, scientific and technological progress and policy, industrial development and policy, and regional economy and policy.

Ma Xiaohe is the executive vice president of the Institute of China's Economic Reform and Development, Renmin University of China and the associate dean and researcher at the Academy of Macroeconomic Research, National Development and Reform Commission. His research focus is regional economy.

Gao Debu is professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Economics, Renmin University of China, vice president of the China Economic Reform and Development Research Institute, and researcher at the Collaborative Innovation Center for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. He has been engaged in research on political economics and economic history for a long time.