Li Lixing is Professor of Economics at the National School of Development, Peking University, a Boya Young Scholar of Peking University, and Director of the China Center for Public Finance Research. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland in 2008 and his bachelor's degree in economics from Tsinghua University in 2002. His research interests cover public economics, development economics, labor economics, and the digital economy. He is Executive Editor of China Economic Quarterly International, and teaches Development Economics, Research Training in Economics, and Political Economy of Contemporary China. His honors include the Ministry of Education Award for Outstanding Research Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences at Universities, the Peking University Ng Teng Fong / Sino Group Outstanding Young Scholar Award, the Peking University Founder Teaching Award, and the Peking University Teaching Excellence Award.

Xue Zhaofeng is Adjunct Professor at the National School of Development, Peking University, where he was formerly Professor of Law and Economics and Co-Director of the Center for Law and Economics. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University School of Law and holds a PhD in Economics from George Mason University. His long-standing concern is the relationship between law, regulation, and economic growth; his research interests include price theory, law and economics, competition policy, and the governance of e-commerce. He is the author of Business Without Borders: The Economic Revolution in Antitrust Law, The Common Sense of Economics, and Xue Zhaofeng's Lectures on Economics.

Zhang Weiying is Boya Distinguished Professor of Peking University, Professor of Economics at the National School of Development, and Director of the Center for Market and Network Economy. He was named a CCTV Economic Person of the Year in 2002; was listed in 2008 among the "30 People in Economics for 30 Years of Reform" by the China Society for Economic Reform; received the 4th China Economic Theory Innovation Award in 2011 for his pioneering work on dual-track price reform; was named Most Influential Economist of the Year by NetEase Finance in 2013; and was awarded an honorary doctorate by The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong in 2025. The English edition of The Logic of the Market was shortlisted for the Hayek Book Prize in 2016 and again in 2017, and the English edition of Re-Understanding Entrepreneurship: What It Is and Why It Matters was a finalist for the 2025 Hayek Book Prize.