Song Gongmei joined the State Planning Commission (now NDRC) in 1981, and successively worked in the Administrative Department, the Foreign Affairs Department, and the Retired Cadre Bureau. Song took positions as Deputy Division Director and Division Director. Since May 2014, Song has worked in the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission as Deputy Director General.

Liu Jianxing, Ph.D. in economics from Peking University, joined the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission in 2005, and was promoted to Deputy Director General in December 2014.