Yifan Hu is Chief Economist and Head of Research at Haitong International in Hong Kong and a Visiting Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Dr. Hu was Chief Economist for CITIC Securities International in Hong Kong, Head of Asian Economics for Natixis in Paris, and Vice President and Strategist for Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong. Before that, Dr. Hu was Assistant Professor at the School of Business and Economics at the University of Hong Kong.