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Biography

Chen Dongqi, male, Han nationality, is a native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province. He was born in 1956 and graduated with a Master's Degree from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1985. Chen studied at Harvard from 1989 to 1990 and then received a Doctorate of Economics from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1991. After his doctoral studies, Chen spent two years at the University of California, Berkeley majoring in currency finance; he also conducted postdoctoral research during this time.

Listed as one of the contemporary Chinese top hundred economists, Chen focuses his research on macroeconomics and policy research. He joined the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1985, was made a deputy researcher in 1988, and became an academy researcher in 1993.

Chen received the Sun Zhifang Economics Award twice – in 1992 and again in 1998. He is the author of "Generality of Eastern Europe Economics," "New Land Possession System," and "Theory of Strong Wave Economy."

He is the director of the institute of economic research at the State Development Planning Commission.