The CWE Training Program's many achievements would not have been possible without the support, dedication, and enthusiastic participation of many people and organizations. We would like to express our gratitude to the Ford Foundation for its generous financial support, and to Dr. Sarah Cook and Dr. Kathleen Hartford, program officers of the Foundation, for their tireless encouragement and thoughtful guidance. We are also grateful to the IDRC of Canada, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung (China Program) of Germany, and IAFFE for providing support for program trainees’ research projects and participation in international conferences.

Special thanks to Prof. Justin Yifu Lin, senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank, who had given remarks at the training class every year and presented graduation certificates to every program graduate before he left Peking University, to Prof. Hai Wen, vice president of Peking University, who made women economists forums part of the CEAC conference program, and to faculty and staff of the National School of Development of Peking University, especially Professors Zhou Qiren, Wu Hemao, Yao Yang, Li Ling, Shen Yan, Lei Xiaoyan, Wang Hao, Gong Qiang, and Li Lixing for their enthusiastic support of the Training Program.

The Training Program has also received the support of various forms from Professors Zhong Funing of Nanjing Agricultural University, Huang Jikun and Zhang Linxiu of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy of China Science Academy, Tan Lin from China Institute for Women Studies, Wen Tiejun of Renmin University of China, Wang Xiuqing and Xin Xian of China Agricultural University, Lai Desheng and Li Shi of Beijing Normal University, Jiang Xiaojuan from Policy Research Office of the State Council, Li Shantong from the Center for Development Research of the State Council, Zhu Ling from China Academy of Social Sciences, Li Hongbin from Tsinghua University, and Lu Ming from Fudan University. Last but not least, thanks go wholeheartedly to all instructors and research mentors of the program.