Qiao Yide is Vice Chairman and Secretary General of Shanghai Development Research Foundation (SDRF) which is a non-profit institution with purpose of promoting research on the issues of development. Mr. Qiao was enrolled into Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 1985. After graduation, he entered Harvard Institute for International Development and did research work. In 1995, he returned China as Chief Representative and Managing Director of New York Life until May, 2003. Then he entered Shanghai Development Research Foundation, responsible for the daily work so far. Prior to study in the States, Qiao Yide conducted research at Institute of World Economy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences as its Assistant Director.