Yuan Shao joined the World Bank Transport team as a Transport Analyst since December, 2018. Yuan has worked as a Transport Consultant for the World Bank Beijing Office since May 2015, supporting the operation of several transport projects. Prior to the Bank , she worked at the Southern California Association of Governments (USA) as an Assistant Regional Planner. She holds a Master degree of Urban Planning (Concentration of Transportation) from the University of Southern California. She also holds a Bachelor degree of Architecture from the Tsinghua University.