Gan Xindi, female, Han nationality, is a native of Shanghai. She was born in 1956. Her major academic positions include: fellow of the Shanghai World Economy Academy and dean of the International Finance Special Committee, fellow of the Shanghai Finance Academy and dean of the Shanghai International Financial Center Construction Special Committee, fellow of the China World Economy Academy, and fellow of the Shanghai Investment Academy. She visited Cornell University and Binghamton University of the State University of New York in the USA as an academic in the early 1990's, and in 1995 visited Sussex University in Britain. In 1999 she attended the 23rd Symposium of the America-Asia Economy Academy in Seoul, Korea. She is currently a researcher at the World Economy Research Institute of Fudan University.