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Pingfan Hong was born in 1957 in Jiangsu Province, China. Studied at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in a dual-master program in Computer Sciences and Management Decision Sciences jointly administered with the University of Pennsylvania. 1983-1985, worked at the State Planning Commission of China. 1985-1989 University of Pennsylvania as a Ph.D. student in economics under the supervision of Professor Lawrence R. Klein. He served at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) in 1989-2020, holding positions subsequently as Economic Affairs Officer, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Chief of Global Economic Monitoring, and Director of the Economic Policy and Analysis Division. He retired in March 2020.