Liu Peilin appointed to serve as chief researcher at Tsinghua University’s Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT)
Liu Peilin was recently appointed to serve in the position of chief researcher at Tsinghua University’s Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT).
Dr. Liu holds a Ph.D. in economics from Peking University. He served as deputy director, level I bureau rank official and researcher of the Development Strategy and Regional Economic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council. He is a chief expert for the Center for Regional Coordinated Development Research Center at Zhejiang University, a national first-grade think tank, in addition to taking on the roles of Qiushi Think Tank Fellow research scholar, the deputy director of the Institute for Common Prosperity and Development at Zhejiang University, and the co-director of the Yangtze River Delta Integration Development Research Center at Jiaxing University. He has presided over major national-level research projects for philosophy and social sciences, general research projects for the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as other research projects, in addition to coordinating a number of major projects for the Development Research Center of the State Council.
Research Interests
His research interests include economic growth and development, especially general research on the economic growth and development of latecomer and late-developing economies; the history, experiences, issues and prospects for China's economic growth and development; patterns of income and wealth distribution and their impact on the national economy; policies to improve the distribution of income and wealth; urbanization strategies and policies; the improvement of governance frameworks for global economic and technological interchange; and low-cost public policy approaches to effectively address climate change.
Research Results
Dr. Liu has published the monograph “Development Strategy and Sources of Growth: A Study of China's Experience” (2003). He twice served as a key member participating in the research undertaken for major joint reports produced by the Development Research Center of the State Council and the World Bank: “China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious and Creative High Income Society” (2012) and “Inclusive Urbanization and Rural-Urban Integration: Lessons from China” (2015). Dr. Liu has published a large volume of academic papers and articles in academic journals such as “Social Sciences in China,” “Economic Research Journal,” “Journal of Management World,” “China Economic Quarterly,” and “China Industrial Economics,” as was as in newspapers and periodicals such as the “People's Daily” and “Economic Daily.” In addition to participating in the drafting of relevant meeting documents for China’s central government on multiple occasions, he has written many policy research reports on themes ranging from economic growth, macroeconomics, comprehensive human development and common prosperity.
Notable Honors
He has received many notable honors throughout his distinguished career, including the 15th Sun Yefang Economic Science Award for Best Publication, the China Development Research Award Special Prize and First Prize, the 9th Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) Third Prize in Economics, the 22nd Zhejiang Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award First Prize; and the State Council’s special government fellowship for experts.
