Xu Xiaonian(Chinese: 许小年) was born in 1953. He is Professor of Economics and Finance at China Europe International Business School[1], named by Businessweek as one of China's Most Powerful People in 2009. From 1981 to 1985, he worked at Center of Development and Research, State Council of the People's Republic of China as Research Fellow. He got Doctor of Economics at University of California in 1991. From 1991 to 1995, he worked as assistant professor at University of Massachusetts at Amherst.