Contact:

zhaojingthu@126.com

CURRENT POSITIONS

Associate Professor, Assistant to the Dean Research Institute for Global Value Chains, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)	2021-
Research Fellow (part-time) National Institute for Fiscal Studies, Tsinghua University	2014-

   PAST POSITIONS

Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Global Value Chains, UIBE	2016-2020
Economist (Secondee), Development Centre, OECD	2017-2018

Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, University of California, Berkeley

2012-2013

EDUCATION

Tsinghua University, Ph.D. Economics, 2009-2014 (Supervisor: Chong-En Bai)

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, B.A. Economics, 2005-2009

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Public Economics; Global Value Chains; Chinese Economy

PUBLICATIONS

International Organization Reports

1. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), National Development and Reform Commission China (NDRC), UIBE, 2019. Promoting Development of Global Value Chains through the Belt and Road Initiative.

2. UNIDO, 2018. Global Value Chains and Industrial Development: Lessons from China, South-East and South Asia.

Books and Chapters

1. China’s Economic and Business System. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2025.

2. Green Belt and Road: Infrastructure and Global Value Chains. University of International Business and Economics Press, 2023.

3. “Upgrading of Chinese Domestic Firms in Advanced Manufacturing: Evidence from Industrial Robots and High-Tech Medical Devices”, in Gary Gereffi, Penny Bamber and Karina Fernandez-Stark eds., China’s New Development Strategies: Upgrading from Above and from Below in Global Value Chains, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2022.

4. Global Value Chains and Industrial Development: Lessons from China, South-East and South Asia. Social Sciences Academic Press (China), 2019.

5. Design of China’s Social Security System for Urban Workers and Compliance with Contributions. Dongbei University of Finance & Economics Press, 2017.

6. The Basic Social Insurance System of China. China Social Sciences Press, 2017.

7. Chinese Translation of G. Kopits eds. Restoring Public Debt Sustainability: The Role of Independent Fiscal Institutions. Dongbei University of Finance & Economics Press, 2016.

Refereed Journal Articles

1. “Developing New Institutions for A Higher-standard Open Economy through Expanding Institutional Opening Up” (with Changhong Pei), Journal of International Trade, 2025(1): 1-18.

2. “The Impact of ‘Replacing Business Tax with Value-Added Tax’ Reform on Upgrading of Global Value Chains in China: Evidence from Cities” (with Wei Wang and Yingming Gao), East China Economic Management, 2024(3): 35-46.

3. “Smart Cities and Global Value Chain Upgrading: Evidence from China” (with Wei Wang and Shuhui Zhao), Sustainability, 2024, 16(6): 2394.

4. “Does Pension Insurance Displace the Family Security for the Elderly?”, Modern Economic Research, 2018(1): 1-12.

5. “Problems and Countermeasures of Current Pension System in China”, Modern Economic Research, 2016(11): 5-9.

6. “Effect of VAT Expansion Reform on Development of Service Enterprises: Empirical Study Based on Perspectives of VAT Deduction Chain”, Sub National Fiscal Research, 2016(9): 22-31.

7. “Social Security Contribution Rate, Participation Probability and Contribution Level: An Empirical Study on Contribution Evasion of Employees and Firms” (with Jie Mao and Lei Zhang), China Economic Quarterly, 2015, 15(1): 341-372.

8. “Expectations on Unification of the Dual System and Compliance: The Empirical Evidence from the Reform of Pension Insurance in Public Institutions” (with Chong-En Bai and Jie Mao), The Journal of World Economy, 2014(9): 119-144.

9. “Effects of China’s VAT System Transition on Firms’ Investment and Employment: Empirical Evidence from the National Tax Surveys of 2008 and 2009” (with Jie Mao and Chunyuan Huang), Finance & Trade Economics, 2014(6): 14-24.

10. “Effects of Pension Insurance on Household Education Expenditure: An Analysis Based on the Overlapping Generation Model”, China Economic Studies, 2014(4): 75-87.

11. “Effect of Tax Competition among Local Governments on Excess Capacity”, Technology Economics, 2014, 33(2): 96-103.

12. “Unemployment Insurance and Employment Promotion: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis from the View of Fund Expenditure Scope”, China Economic Studies, 2014(1): 81-90.

13. “An Empirical Analysis on the Province Governing County Financial Reform to Promote Development of Prefectural Region Economy” (with Jie Mao), Public Finance Research, 2012(1): 38-41.

14. “Study on the Incentive Effect of Governmental Public Financial Behaviors on Corporate R&D” (with Zhong Fang), R&D management, 2011, 23(3): 102-111.

     

                                                                                    RESEARCH PROJECTS

Ministry of Education of China, “Causes, Consequences and Policies for Educational Mismatch”, Project Member	2021-2024
National Natural Science Foundation of China, “The Effects of ‘Replacing Business Tax with VAT’ Reform on Economic Transformation: Specialization, Innovation and Trade”, Project Chair	2020-2022
UIBE, “‘Replacing Business Tax with VAT’ Reform, Specialization, and Global Value Chains”, Project Chair	2020-2022
UIBE, “Green GVCs and Green Belt and Road”, Project Chair	2019-2022
National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Global Value Chains and China’s Industrial Upgrading”, Sub-Project Chair	2018-2022
Ministry of Commerce of China, “Globalization and Chinese Economy amid COVID-19 Pandemic”, Project Member	2020
National Social Science Foundation of China, “Risk Assessment on GVCs and ‘Decoupling’ of China and US amid COVID-19 Pandemic”, Project Member	2020
OECD-UIBE, “Production Transformation Policy Review of Shenzhen, China”, Project Member	2017-2020
UNIDO-UIBE, “Promotion of Global Value Chain Development through Belt and Road Infrastructure Development”, Project Member	2018-2019
UNIDO-UIBE, “Global Value Chains and International Cooperation on Industrial Capacity with a Focus on China, South-East and South Asian Countries”, Project Member	2017-2019
APEC-UIBE, “APEC Global Value Chains Partnership Platform”, Project Member	2017
Guangdong Provincial Government and Tsinghua University, “A Third Party Evaluation on Development of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone”, Project Member	2015-2016
Ministry of Finance of China, UNICEF China and CASS, “A Study on Fiscal Costs of Migrant Workers’ Citizenization under the New Urbanization Strategy”, Project Member	2015
State Administration of Taxation of China and Tsinghua University, “Effects of Price on Tax”, Project Member	2013-2015
National Social Science Foundation of China, “Research on National Income Distribution Mode and Reform Plan in China during the 12th Five-Year-Plan Period”, Project Member	2010-2013
Ministry of Finance of China and Tsinghua University, “Measuring Tax Expenditures in China”, Project Member	2010-2012
Ministry of Finance of China and Tsinghua University, “Forecast of Tax Revenue Growth in China”, Project Member	2010-2012
Ministry of Finance of China, UNICEF China and CASS, “A Study on China’s Social Welfare Policies”, Project Member	2011

TEACHING

UIBE: (International Masters) China’s Economic and Business System

(Chinese Masters and PhDs) Introduction of Global Value Chains, Global Value Chains and Economic Development, Global Value Chain Frontier Topics

(Undergraduates) Introduction of Social Security

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Deng Ziji Fiscal Academic Paper Award, CASS

Comprehensive First-Class Scholarship, Tsinghua University

REFEREE SERVICES

Referee for China Economic Quarterly, China Economic Studies, Finance & Trade Economics, Journal of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Journal of Sichuan University.