Huang Da was born in Tianjin to an intellectual family in 1925.[1] He was educated at Huabei Union University (华北联合大学), later Renmin University of China. He was the President of Renmin University of China from 1991 to 1994.[3] He was founding member of Monetary Policy Commission of People's Bank of China, serving from 1997 to 1999.[4] Huang is especially known for his "four textbooks" in finance - On Socialist Financial Questions (1981, 社会主义财政金融问题), An Introduction to General Finance-Credit Balance (1984, 财政信贷综合平衡导论), Economics of Money and Banking (1992, 货币银行学) and Finance (2004, 金融学).[1]