Yuan is currently Director of the Innovation division of Digital Currency Institute of PBC. She obtained a Master’s Degree in English Literature in Renmin University of China, and another Master’s Degree in Wealth Management in Singapore. She has also attended a short-term study program in Yale.

Yuan joined Payment and Settlement Department of PBC since 2011 after several years of experience as an auditor in KPMG Beijing and joined Digital Currency Institute of PBC in 2021. She is experienced in the areas of payment strategies, CBDC, payment system operations and oversight, FMI interoperability, the implementation of the PFMIs, other FMI related issues and digital innovation.