Zhigang Yuan

Professor Yuan Zhigang was born in Shanghai in 1958. He obtained his PhD in economics from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in 1993. Professor Yuan used to be dean of the School of Economics at Fudan University (2004-2015). In 2006 and 2007, he was honored as the Changjiang Scholar and National Outstanding Teacher by the Ministry of Education of the PRC respectively. Besides, he is also director of the Employment and Social Security Research Center at Fudan University, director of Academic Committee in Faculty of Economics and Management at East China Normal University, vice president of the Shanghai Economist Society (2008-2017), consultant of Fujian Provincial People’s Government, member of the International Scientific Assessment Committee of la Fondation de Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in France(2012-2014), and consultant of Shanghai Municipality as well as editorial board member of numerous core academic journals. Recently, he was appointed as a Member of the Shanghai Urban Master Planning Advisory Board. Professor Yuan has been dedicated to research on disequilibrium economics and its application in China. His PhD dissertation was supervised by Prof. Jean-Pascal Benassy and in 1994 Prof. Yuan published his debut work Non-Walrasian Equilibrium Theory and Its Application to China’s Economy, which was republished in 1997 and in the same year won Sun Yefang Prize, the supreme award in economics in China. Professor Yuan’s research interests are macroeconomic issues covering employment, social security and social insurance for old people, household consumption, financial reform and real estate. Until now, he has published over 150 papers and 20 books. Furthermore, he has been in charge of a variety of national research projects, including key or major ones funded by the Ministry of Education and the National Social Science Foundation. For his research work he has received over 20 provincial and national awards such as the Shanghai Award for Outstanding Research in Philosophy and Social Sciences and the Ministry of Education Award for Research Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences. His 2010 book, Equilibrium and Disequilibrium: China’s Macro Economy and Its Transition, is one of the seven economics books in the first edition of National Achievements Library of Philosophy and Social Sciences. His research work is also included in The Collection of Books by the Top 100 Economists Who Have Contributed Tremendously to the PRC’s Economy, published on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC and edited by Economic Research Journal, a top Chinese economics journal. Professor Yuan teaches macroeconomics at the undergraduate, master and PhD levels, and managerial economics for EMBA students. His undergraduate macroeconomics course is a National Excellent Course and his teaching team a National Excellent Teaching Team, both recognized by the Ministry of Education.

EDUCATION

• 1993 : Ph.D., Economics, School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences, Paris, France
• 1987 : MA, Economics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
• 1982 : BA, Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

AWARDS

Sun Yefang Book Prize in Economics, 1997, for theNon-Walrasian Equilibrium Theory and Its Application to China’s Economy, Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore Press, 1994.

National Outstanding Teacher (“Distinguished Teacher” award), Ministry of Education of PRC, 2006

EXPERIENCE

PERMANENT

Professor, School of Economics, Fudan University, May 1997-present

Director, Employment and Social Security Research Center, Fudan University

Dean, School of Economics, Fudan University, Sept. 2004-Jan. 2015

Director, Department of Economics, School of Economics, Fudan University, 1999-2003

Associated Professor, School of Economics, Fudan University, Jan. 1995-May 1997

Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Economics, Fudan University, June 1993-Jan. 1995

VISITING

Visiting Professor in Durham University School of Business

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Vice Director of the ministry of education economics teaching steering committee

Vice President of Shanghai Economist Society 2008-2017

Director and Academic Committee Member of Shanghai Forum 2005-2011

OTHER AFFILIATIONS:

Member of the International Scientific Assessment Committee of la Fondation de Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) in France (2012-2014).

Member of the Chinese Discipline Appraisal Group of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee

EXPERTISE

Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Social Security and Employment Theory

COURSES TAUGHT

Macroeconomics Undergraduate Course at Fudan University

Advanced Microeconomics Graduate Course at Fudan University

Advanced Macroeconomics Graduate Course at Fudan University

Management Economics MBA Course at Fudan University

Disequilibrium Economics Graduate Course at Fudan University

Unemployment Economics Graduate Course at Fudan University