Professor SONG, Zheng Michael (宋錚)
Department Head / Wei Lun Professor of Economics, Department of Economics,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Education
- PhD (IIES, Stockholm University)
- MA (Fudan University)
- BA (Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade)
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Chinese Economy
- Political Economy
Tel: +852 3943-1171
Email: zsong@cuhk.edu.hk
Prof. SONG Zheng, Michael is Wei Lun Professor of Economics, and the Department Head of the Department of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER).
Prof. Song’s research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published in leading academic journals, including American Economic Review, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica, Journal of International Economics, and Review of Finance.
He is a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University, and special-term professor at Peking University. He sits on the Business Studies Panel of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (RGC). He is a Currency Board Sub-Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. He is also an academic advisor to the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research.