Cornell Institute for China Economic Research

Cornell Contemporary China Initiative (CCCI), in collaboration with Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER), is launching an inaugural student symposium on Saturday, April 9, 2016. This student symposium will serve as a platform for students to present their research to an engaged audience of faculty and fellow students, hear about ongoing projects from their peers, and […]

Meng ZHAO CEO, UnionPayAdvisors, Shanghai Before launching UnionPayAdvisors, Mr. Zhao worked on credit risk modeling in the U.S. financial industry for many years. He has a BS from Tsinghua University and an MS in operation research from Duke University. UnionPayAdvisors: China UnionPay(中国银联) is the only domestic bank card organization in China. Established in 2002, it is […]

Weiwei Chen Weiwei Chen is the Director and Senior Engineer of Network Optimization and Management Division in China Unicom’s Research Institute and heads up the Big Data Research Initiative in the institute. He has been working in the research institute since graduating from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1992. China Unicom: China Unicom (中国联通) is one […]

Professor Yongheng Deng Provost’s Chair, Professor of Real Estate and Finance, National University of Singapore (NUS) Real estate is an important driver of the Chinese economy, which itself is vital for global growth. However, data limitations make it challenging to evaluate competing claims about the state of Chinese housing markets. This paper brings new data […]

Professor Ivan Png Dr. Png is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Business and Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on the economics of innovation. He is the author of Managerial Economics, which has been published in multiple editions. Dr Png was a nominated MP (10th Parliament of […]

On Oct 1st, 2015, the institute held the inaugural event where institute Co-Directors Panle Jia Barwick and Shanjun Li welcomed over 60 participants from many different units on campus. Laura Spitz, the interim Vice Provost for International Affairs, discussed how the institute fits into Cornell’s rich history and current efforts in internationalization.  A panel discussion […]