Xin Zhang is an Associate Professor at School of Statistics of Beijing Normal University and Adjunct Researcher at Institute for Global Health and Development of Peking University. Her research focuses on environmental economics and health economics. She has published papers in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, and Journal of Population Economics. She has received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s General and Youth Programs, as well as the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation’s General and Special Funding Projects. Additionally, she serves as an associate editor for Economic Change and Restructuring.