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Bai Chongen is a distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management, where he also serves as Dean of the School since August 2018 and Executive Dean of the Institute for Global Co-development since September 2022. He holds the position of Senior Professor of Humanities at Tsinghua University since January 2024 and serves as Dean of the Institute of Modern State-owned Enterprises since May 2019. His extensive administrative roles include former positions as Executive Vice Dean (2016-2018) and Vice Dean (2009-2016) of the School of Economics and Management, and Director of the Department of Economics (2005-2016).
- Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University (1993)
- Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of California, San Diego (1988)
- Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China (1983)
Bai Chongen's research spans multiple critical areas of economics with particular focus on Institutional Economics, Economic Growth and Development, Public Economics, Finance, Corporate Governance, and the Chinese Economy. His work on income distribution in China has been particularly influential, examining the factors behind China's national income distribution patterns and their implications for economic rebalancing. His research on state-owned enterprise reform has provided important theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence on incentive structures and performance. More recently, his work has expanded to include pension systems, health insurance effects on consumption, and the impact of fiscal policies on China's economic structure.
Analysis of Bai Chongen's recent publications reveals a consistent focus on empirical studies of Chinese economic institutions and policy impacts. His work combines rigorous theoretical frameworks with careful empirical analysis using Chinese data. Key thematic areas include income distribution dynamics, state-owned enterprise governance, financial sector reforms, and the effects of social policies on household behavior. His research increasingly incorporates experimental and quasi-experimental methods to establish causal relationships, as evidenced by his field experiment on pension enrollment. The interdisciplinary nature of his work bridges traditional economics with public policy analysis.
- National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund (2006)
- New Century Hundreds of Thousands of Talents Project national candidate (2007)
- First Pu Shan Zhong Yin World Economics Excellent Paper Award (2008)
- 13th Sun Yefang Economic Science Award (2008)
- Fourth Zhang Peiga Development Economics Excellent Achievement Award (2012)
- Elsevier Chinese Highly Cited Scholars list 2014-2024
- 17th Sun Yefang Economic Science Award (2016)
Bai Chongen has supervised numerous doctoral students, including Qian Zhenjie whose dissertation on China's factor income distribution won the Fourth Huang Da-Mundell Economics Award. His research has been supported by major grants from the National Natural Science Foundation, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and various Chinese government agencies including the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. He has led major research projects on China's economic growth potential, state-owned enterprise reform, fiscal policy, and social security system development. Bai has also served on numerous academic journal editorial boards including Economic Research Journal and Financial Research, and has been actively involved in policy advisory roles including as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China (2015-2018).
