China Vitae

Biography

Yuan Wei, male, Han nationality, was born in 1950. He graduated from Tianjin Economic and Finance College with a specialty in statistics in 1982. Yuan earned a Master's Degree from the statistics department in 1984 and a Doctorate in statistics in 1985 from China Renmin University.

Since graduating from Tianjin Economics and Finance College, Yuan has served at China Renmin University. He has been a fixture in the statistics department, becoming a professor in 1992 and conducting research on application mathematical statistics, venture management, and fine calculation.

In 1992, he assumed the director responsibilities in the Statistics Department at the university. The following year, he began tutoring Doctorate students. Yuan also spent a year as a visiting scholar at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written several papers on statistics, including "Comparison of Beijing and Tokyo Resident Time Distribution," "Review and Prospect of China Collegiate Statistical Education," and "Optimum Design with Dependable Venture."

Yuan was made vice-president of China Renmin University in 1997.