Hao Cheng is an associate research fellow at the National Academy of Innovation Strategy, China Association for Science and Technology since 2020. He obtained his PhD from Renmin University of China and has visited Columbia University, Needham Research Institute of Cambridge University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and ISCTE-IUL as a visiting scholar. His research interests include statistical models and applications. He hosts Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 72001197), National Statistical Science Research Project of National Bureau of Statistics (Grant No. 2021LY052) and participates National Social Science Funds of China (Grant No. 22BTJ067) and a series of national-level projects. He has published nearly 90 academic papers in total, translated 4 books as an independent author and participated in 4 books in statistical methods and applications.