Li Yong is a professor of economics at Renmin University of China. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in statistics from the Chinese University of Hongkong. He is currently the deputy dean of the School of Economics of Renmin University of China and concurrently the dean of the Department of Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. His main research interests are Bayesian financial econometrics, quantitative investment, and asset management. Professor Li has published nearly 50 academic articles in top Chinese and international Journals, including Journal of Econometrics (7 articles), Economic Research Journal, Management World. He also published and edit one academic monograph. He has won the second prize of Natural Science of the Ministry of Education and the third prize of Humanities and Social Sciences, and was selected into the New Century Talent Program of the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Excellent Young Talents Program.