Professor of Department of Economics, Antai College of Economics and Management (ACEM), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), former Deputy Director of Institute of World Economics and Politics of China Academy of Social Sciences, Professor of Economics of Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS), Chief Economist of Caixin Media, etc. He received his Master's and Ph.D. in economics from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1996 and 2000 respectively. He studied at Harvard University from 1998 to 2000, and was Visiting Professor at MIT, Oxford University, Australia National University and other famous institutions.

His main research areas include Chinese macroeconomics, international finance, and international political economy. Prof. He has published more than 10 monographs, more than 100 papers in prestigious economic journals both at home and abroad, and more than 800 economic and financial commentaries in various mainstream media with broad social influence. His courses on Dedao App, such as "He Fan's Grand Perspective", "He Fan's Book Club", "He Fan's Macroeconomics" and "He Fan's Report" have attracted over 400,000 subscribers. In addition, Prof. He has been conducting a 30-year research project since 2018, with a book and a research report published each year based on field research to document the changes in China from 2019 to 2049. The result of this research project is presented with a series of books named "Variables", which has witnessed the total sales of over 800,000 copies and is a phenomenal bestseller among Chinese books on economics and finance.