Dr. Chenghan HOU is now an associate professor at center for Economics, Finance and Management Studies, Hunan University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Australian National University in 2017. His research focuses on Bayesian nonparametric modeling, nonlinear state space models and macroeconomic forecasting. His works have been published in Journal of Applied Econometrics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, International Journal of Forecasting, Advances in Econometrics and Energy Economics.