Hong Yuan is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University. He serves as a council member of the 9th China Finance Society, deputy secretary-general of the Hunan Province Finance Society, deputy secretary-general of the Hunan Province Agricultural Finance Research Society, and council member of the Hunan Province Taxation Law Research Society. He has long been dedicated to research in the fields of taxation theory and policy. He has led multiple national-level projects, including National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Projects and Youth Projects, as well as Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences General Projects, and has participated in important projects such as the National Social Science Fund Major Project. He has published over 70 papers in domestic and international academic journals, won the 15th Hunan Province Outstanding Social Science Achievement Award, the First Prize for Outstanding Achievements in the 11th China Society of Quantitative Economics, the Dong Qingzheng Professor Fiscal and Tax Education Fund Fiscal and Tax Academic Paper Award, and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from Central South University of Finance and Economics. In terms of think tank research achievements, a report he authored was adopted by the People's Daily Internal Reference in January 2021 and received approval from central leaders.