Since the global financial crisis of 2008, economic growth rates in China have slowed such that many are wondering if the country will be able to maintain the stability is has achieved over the past two decades. The Chinese government is calling this new era of lowered growth rates the "New Normal," and to help us make sense of what this means, we are delighted to welcome one of China's most influential economists, Zhang Xiaojing.
Zhang Xiaojing (张晓晶) received his Ph.D. in economics from the Graduate School at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). He continued his studies at the Stockholm School of Economics and Peking University. He is currently a professor of economics at CASS and the head of the CASS Institute of Economics.