Huang Yiping (黄益平) is a professor of economics at the National School of Development (formerly, China Center for Economic Research) at

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

. He is a highly recognized expert of financial services in China.

Education and academic career

Huang graduated B.S. in agriculture from

Zhejiang A & F University Zhejiang A & F University (ZAFU; ), formerly referred to as Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, is a provincial university established in 1958. It is in Lin'an District, Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also rom ...

in 1984; M.A. in economics from

Renmin University of China The Renmin University of China (RUC; ) is a national key public research university in Beijing, China. The university is affiliated to the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. RUC ...

in 1987; and Ph.D. in economics from

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

in 1994, where Peter Drysdale was his supervisor. In the later 1990s he taught at ANU, and at

Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and is one ...

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International Professor of Finance and Economics. He joined the Economics faculty of

in 2009. He is editor of ''China Economic Journal'' and an associate editor of ''Asian Economic Policy Review''.

Business affiliations

From 2000 to 2009 Huang worked for

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Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

, as managing director and chief Asia economist. He has also been chief economist for Caixin Media Group. In 2011 he joined

Barclays Capital Barclays () is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services. Barclays traces ...

as managing director and chief economist, emerging Asia, on leave from Peking University. In 2013 he became an independent director of

China Life Insurance Company China Life Insurance Company Limited (short China Life, ) is a Beijing-headquartered China-incorporated company that provides life insurance and annuity In investment, an annuity is a series of payments made at equal intervals.Kellison, Stephe ...

and MYBank. He has also served on the board of Minmetal Trust Ltd. In August 2020, he became an independent member of the board of directors of

Ant Group Ant Group ()'','' formerly known as Ant Financial, is an affiliate company of the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group. The group owns the world's largest mobile (digital) payment platform Alipay, which serves over 1.3 billion users and 80 million ...

Domestic policy work

Between 2015 and 2018, Huang was a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the

People's Bank of China The People's Bank of China (officially PBC or informally PBOC; ) is the central bank of the People's Republic of China, responsible for carrying out monetary policy and regulation of financial institutions in mainland China, as determined by ...

. As of 2020, he is Vice Chairman of Council at the Public Policy Research Center and Research Fellow at the Financial Research Center, both at the Counsellors' Office of the

State Council of the People's Republic of China The State Council, constitutionally synonymous with the Central People's Government since 1954 (particularly in relation to local governments), is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the p ...

. He has also chaired the Special Committee on Fintech Development and Research of the National Internet Finance Association of China (NIFA), and is the Chairman of the Academic Committee of the

China Finance 40 Forum The China Finance 40 Forum or CF40 is a Chinese think tank created in 2008 which specializes on issues of economic and financial policy. In January 2021, the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program ranked CF40 as #8 to ...

(CF40).

International engagement

Huang was among the participants in the 2011 Bilderberg Conference and 2012 Bilderberg Conference. He had several publications for the

Bank for International Settlements The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution owned by central banks that "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks". The BIS carries out its work thr ...

. In October 2018,

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

Managing Director

Christine Lagarde Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (; née Lallouette, ; born 1 January 1956) is a French politician and lawyer who has been serving as President of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously served as the 11th managing director of the ...

appointed him to its External Advisory Group on Surveillance.

Notes

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