The scheme aims to improve national innovation capability by providing promising salaries and funding for talented scholars working overseas and willing to return to China.
Professor WEN Yi is the first SEM professor selected in the scheme.
Introduction: Professor WEN Yi
Professor WEN Yi graduated from University of Iowa with a degree of Ph.D. in Economics. He joined Tsinghua SEM's Department of Economics in July 2009. His major field of research is Macroeconomics. He currently serves as the Assistant Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and Adjunct Professor of Washington University of St. Louis.