Email: zhang_meichen@uibe.edu.cn

Research Interests:

Input-output analysis; global value chains (GVCs); environmental economics; world economy and development

Work Experience:

2022.08 – Present

Research Assistant Fellow, Research Institute for Global Value Chains, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

2023.10 – 2024.04

Project Assistant Fellow, Department of Policy and Planning, China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA)

Education:

2017 – 2022

Ph.D. in Public Management, Tsinghua University, School of Public Policy and Management

2020 – 2021

Ph.D. Exchange Program, University College London, The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management

2014 – 2017

M.S. in Economics, Beijing Jiaotong University, School of Economics and Management

2010 – 2014

B.A. in Economics, Northeast Agricultural University, School of Economics and Management

Publications:

Wang, Y., Xu, D., Zheng, H., Ye, M., Zhang, M., He, Q., Cai, K., Guan, D., Li, S., Ma, H., Meng, B., Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Xu, L., Xu, X., Yang, P., & Ouyang, Q. (2025). An inter‑city input‑output database distinguishing firm ownership in the Greater China area during 2002–2017. Scientific Data, 12(1), 723. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597‑025‑04996‑9 (SCI)

Yue, Y., Hou, J., Zhang, M, & Ye, J. (2024). Does the sticky relationships of global value chains help stabilize employment? Evidence from China. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 69, 632–651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2024.04.006 (SSCI)

Chen, Q., Gao, Y., Pan, C., Xu, D., Cai, K., Guan, D., He, Q., Li, S., Liu, W., Meng, B., Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Xu, X., Yang, P., Zhang, M., & Zhou, Y. (2023). An interprovincial input‑output database distinguishing firm ownership in China from 1997 to 2017. Scientific Data, 10(1), 293. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597‑023‑02183‑2 (SCI)

Wang, Fei, Chen, Quanrun, & Zhang, Meichen. (2023). Method, system and storage medium for decomposing value added in bilateral trade data. China Invention Patent, Application No. CN202311808769.1, authorized on December 26, 2023. (Patent)

Gao, Y., Zhang, M.*, & Zheng, J. (2021). Accounting and determinants analysis of China’s provincial total factor productivity considering carbon emissions. China Economic Review, 65, 101576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101576 (SSCI)

Gao, Y., Zhang, M.*, & Liu, X. (2020). Study on efficiency measurement and influence factors of development financial institutions. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 56(8), 1765–1780. https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2019.1658075 (SSCI)

Gao, Y., Zhang, M.* (2019). The measure of technical efficiency of China’s provinces with carbon emission factor and the analysis of the influence of structural variables. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 49, 120–129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2018.12.002 (SSCI)

Meng, B., Gao, Y.*, Ye, J., Zhang, M., & Xing, Y. (2022). Trade in factor‑income and the US–China trade balance. China Economic Review, 73, 101792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101792 (SSCI)

Zheng, Shilin, & Zhang, Meichen. (2019). Estimation of the Contribution Rate of Technological Progress to China’s Economic Growth: 1990–2017. The Journal of World Economy, 2019(10), 73–97. (CSSCI; reprinted in Renmin University of China Reprinted Materials: “Statistics and Actuarial Science”, 2020, No.1, in full text)

Zhang, Meichen, & Bu, Wei. (2016). Problems and Governance Strategies in the Development of China's Marine Industry. Journal of Beijing Jiaotong University (Social Sciences Edition), 15(04), 10–17. (Peking University Core Journal)

Course:

Measurement and Data Processing of Global Value Chains (with R Applications) —Graduate Level