Yunxian Chen is a well-known economist and financial expert in China. He was awarded a doctoral degree in economics by Peking University. He founded GF Securities and later worked in various administrative posts, as Executive Deputy Mayor and Mayor of Foshan Municipality Government in Guangdong Province, Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Foshan City and Chairman of the Municipal People's Congress of Foshan, and Deputy Governor of Guangdong Provincial Government. He is now guest professor and doctoral supervisor at Peking University and Sun Yat-sen University, China.