Min Weifang is the Executive Vice President and the Chairman of University Council of Peking University (Beijing University), one of the national leading universities in China. He has been responsible for a wide range of operations of the university since 1995, including academic affairs, faculty development, personnel, finance, and university high-tech industry programs.

Min Weifang also is a faculty member in economics of education of the university. He received his Ph.D. in Economics of Education from Stanford University in 1987. He joined the faculty of the university in 1988. He is currently also serving as Director and Professor of the Institute of Higher Education of Peking University. Concurrently, Dr. Min serves as the President of the China National Association for Research on Study Abroad, Vice President of China Higher Education Research Association; Vice President of China National Association of Economics of Education; Senior Research Fellow of National Education Development Research Center of the Ministry of Education of China; Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the international journal HIGHER EDUCATION. He served as principal investigator for more than ten national and international research projects, authored or co-authored many publications in education.

Min Weifang has also served as the Chairman of the Expert Panel for the implementation of World Bank Education Development in Poor Provinces Project in China since 1992. The Project covers 114 counties with schools, colleges and universities for teacher and management trainingŁ¬construction, equipment, and the computerized education management information system development. Dr. Min worked full-time at the Headquarter of the World Bank in Washington DC during 1991-92 as a higher education specialist. He joined more than 30 World Bank Missions to East Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia and China since early 1990s for higher education development projects.