Nie Pingxiang is the deputy director of the Institute of International Trade in Services with the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation. Nie Pingxiang is mainly engaged in research on China's utilization of foreign capital, trade in services, service outsourcing, etc.; and has taken part in nearly 40 major research projects of various kinds at national, provincial and ministerial levels. Nie Pingxiang has also published dozens of articles on national core publications and won a number of research awards.