Dr Cheng Jin

Key information

Roles
Visiting Scholar, SOAS China Institute
Email address
cj23@soas.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Cheng Jin holds a PhD in Economics from SOAS University of London. 

He is an Associate Professor at Shandong University and teaches Public Finance/Public Economics and Research Methods. Dr Jin is recognized as an expert on the Hong Kong economy and has been frequently consulted on various economic issues. 

Key publications

An Economic Analysis of the Rise and Decline of Chinese Township and Village Enterprises. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2017. ‘Perspectives on Agricultural and Grain Output Growth in China from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day.’ 

In Pinilla, V. and H. Wilelbald (eds). Agricultural Development in the World Periphery: A Global Economic History Approach. (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2018). Chapter Four, in Suishen Zhao (ed) China’s New Global Strategy (New York: Routledge, 2019). ‘The Political Economy Context of Chinese Agriculture’, in Lowell Dittmer (ed) China's Political Economy in the Xi Jinping EpochDomestic and Global Dimensions, (Singapore: World Scientific, 2021).

Research interests

Agriculture Economics, Economic History (China, Europe), China Study, Secondary Development Studies, Economic Transition and Innovation Theory.

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