Dr Lan Xue is a Cheung Kong Chair Professor and Dean of School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University. His teaching and research interests include public policy analysis, STI policy, and crisis management. Dr Xue is also an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution.

His many public service appointments include a member of the Expert Committee on Emergency Management of the State Council of China, Vice President of China Association of Public Administration, Vice Chairman of the National Steering Committee for MPA Education of China, a member of the Visiting Committee for Harvard Kennedy School, and a member of the Governing Board of International Development Research Center (IDRC).   

He is a recipient of the Fudan Distinguished Contribution Award for Management Science.