Zhiwu Chen (; born July 1962) is a professor of finance at

The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fir ...

, specializing in finance theory, securities valuation, and the economy of China. He is a public intellectual in China, with a

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following of over 9 million; in 2010

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named him one of "Ten Public Intellectuals Influencing China" and in 2012 public relations agency

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named him one of China's ten most influential political voices on Weibo. He graduated from

Central South University Central South University (CSU; ) is a national public university in Changsha, Hunan, China. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China Ministry of Education. It is a Chinese state Double Fir ...

in 1983 with a BS. Later he obtained an MS in 1986 from the Changsha Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from

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in 1990. He is an editor of the journal Annals of Economics and Finance and the

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, among others. He has served on the executive boards of various companies including the

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China, the

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, and the

Unirule Institute of Economics Unirule Institute of Economics () was a Beijing-based Chinese think tank established in 1993. Unirule conducted research and education in social sciences, primarily in economics, governance, policy, and culture. Unirule was dedicated to the open ...

; he was also on

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's Advisory Panel on the Formation of the

China Investment Corporation China Investment Corporation (CIC) (Chinese: 中国投资有限责任公司; pinyin: ''zhōngguó tóuzī yǒuxiàn zérèn gōngsī'') is a sovereign wealth fund that manages part of the People's Republic of China's foreign exchange reserves. C ...

. He was Chief Academic Advisor to

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for two documentary series, "Wall Street" and "Money." In 2011 he was appointed the Chief Advisor of the Permal Group, an alternative asset management firm.Professor Zhiwu Chen joins Permal
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Yale School of Management profileWeibo page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Zhiwu 1962 births Living people People's Republic of China economists Chinese expatriates in the United States Central South University alumni National University of Defense Technology alumni Yale University alumni Yale School of Management faculty Chinese classical liberals Place of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of the University of Hong Kong People's Republic of China writers Writers from Hunan People from Zhuzhou Educators from Hunan