Professor Bo CHEN received his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada) in 2008. Dr. Chen is the Chutian Professor of Economics and the executive director of Institute of Free Trade Zone (FTZ) of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is also a research associate of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and a distinguished fellow of the Jack Austin Center.
Dr. Chen’s research interests are on International Economics, Economic Integration, and China’s Economy. He has published more than 20 renowned peer reviewed papers such as Journal of International Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Economics Letters, the World Economy, and so on.
Dr. Chen has been invited to give talks on economic reform issues to senior officers at the Ministry of Treasury and the Ministry of Commerce of China. Furthermore, he is a senior lecturer to the executives of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) by the State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council on issues such as the GHM Great Bay Area Development, Belt & Road Initiative and SOE Reforms. His advice on economic performance and reform has been selected to report to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau.
Dr. Chen’s opinions appear on various mainstream media such as CCTV, Xinhua Media, Lianhe Zaobao, BBC, The Economist, and the Wall Street Journal. Besides the central/federal governments of China, Canada, and New Zealand, Dr. Chen has also given keynote speeches on China Macroeconomic policies and reforms to many leading business groups and think tanks such as the Goldman Sachs Group, HSBC, the Deutsche Bank, BAML, Citi Bank, BMW, Huawei, the Asian Society, the Rhodium Group, and CEPII.