Professor Shi Kang graduated from Zhejiang University in 1994 and earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 2006. He is currently a Chair Professor at the PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, the director of the Research Center for International Macro Policy, and Co-Editor of the academic journal <<China Economic Review>>.

He previously served as Professor in the Department of Economics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Special-term professor at the PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, Deputy Director of the Tsinghua University-CUHK Joint Research Center for the Chinese Economy, and Deputy Director of the Fudan University-CUHK Joint Center for International Finance. He was an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at CUHK (2006-2022) and an Economist at the Zhejiang Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (1994-2000).

His additional appointments include Young Member of the financial think tank CF40 (2016-2018), Visiting Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University (2017-2020), Special-term Researcher at the Center for Finance and Development, National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University (2017), Distinguished Researcher at the Institute of Industrial Economics, Nanjing University (2019-2023), and repeated invitations as Visiting Researcher at the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research and Visiting Scholar at the Research Bureau of the People's Bank of China.

His research focuses on international macroeconomics, monetary policy, and the Chinese economy. He has published extensively in top-tier international academic journals and leading Chinese economic and financial media outlets. He has led numerous policy research projects for central government ministries and agencies, including the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission Office, the State Council Policy Research Office, the Ministry of Finance, and the People's Bank of China. His policy reports have been adopted by internal reference publications and national high-end think tanks.

In February 2017, his research on international economic theory received China's highest award in international economics—the Pu Shan Award. In July 2018, his research on the transformation of China's monetary policy framework and interest rate liberalization was honored with the Third Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award.