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Visiting Fellow

Wei Zhang

Visiting Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Wei Zhang, a former Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of the Tianjing Municipal Government, focuses on political economy of China’s foreign trade with emphasis on the impact of trade on the dynamics of China’s domestic policies and China’s foreign economic relations.



Expertise

Development economics; Economic transition from the planned economy to market economy; Political economy of China

  • Language Fluency:
  • Chinese

Background

Current Positions
Lecturer on Chinese Economy, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge

Past Positions
Director, Mayor’s Office, Tianjin Municipality (1981-1982); First Secretary Communist Youth League, Municipal Committee, Tianjin (1982-1984); CEO of Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Corporation, Chairman of Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone (1984-1988); Chairman of Committee of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Tianjing Municipal Government (1988-1989) 

Education

DPhil in economics, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, 2004; MPA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, 1994; MA, Peking University 1992; BA, Peking University 1981

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