Xu shoubo (1931-), Shaoxing, Zhejiang province¿graduated from power engineering department of Nanjing Institute of Technology in 1955. In 1960, he received his PhD in technology and science from the Energy Institute of the former Academy of Sciences of USSR. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2001. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University. He serves as the founding director of China Center for Economic Research, the institute of Logistics, and Comprehensive Energy Research Institute at Beijing Jiaotong University.

For more than 50 years, he has been specialized in scientific research and teaching at the Chinese Academy of sciences, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the China National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Education.

He has made 449 theoretical and application achievements,including technological economics, comprehensive energy engineering, logistics, and management, in four disciplines, with more than 50 awards, including nine scientific and technological progress awards (one for each country and one third for the country, one for the provincial and ministerial level, four for the second prize, and twice for the third prize).

He served as the national science and technology economy and management modernization of the expert group members, the first secretary-general, Chinese technical and economic research institute, Chinese academy of social sciences institute of technology economy (now number of economy and technology research institute) first, graduate school of Chinese academy of social sciences, director of technology economics (now number economic predecessor of the department of economics and technology) of the first department, the state planning commission technical and economic research institute (now the national development and reform commission, the industry economy and technology research institute) director.

He served as the national science and technology commission combustible comprehensive utilization of mineral expert group members, the technical and economic research center under the state council energy group, national energy commission, head of the advisory, the department of energy senior advisory committee and the state council NengYuanBan research advisory bureau, the first deputy executive director of the energy institute - the first Beijing energy society, the first vice President of Chinese society for the study of the energy base, ZongKaoHui comprehensive energy, Chinese academy of science (now the national development and reform commission energy research institute), head of the first. He was the first vice President of China logistics research association and the first director of logistics technical economics committee of China logistics association.

The Technical Economics (fifth edition, Beijing: economic science press, 2011.8) written by Shoubo Xu academician won the third session of the Chinese government published book award nomination. This award is not only affirmed Shoubo Xu academician "technical economics" original subject status and contribution, at the same time for "technical economics" in the new era better promote social and economic development is of great significance.