
About
Fengbo Zhang
Dr. Fengbo Zhang, a leading Chinese economist, has been advising the top Chinese leadership in policy-making since 1980s. As the first PRC citizen to receive a Ph.D. in economics from an overseas country, Dr. Zhang was the Founder and Head of the Chinese Macroeconomic Research Group at the State Council of the China Research Center. He introduced Western Economics to China, helped the Deng Xiaoping leadership in promoting reform and open policy. He is a founder of China’s GDP and established the theory and method of Chinese Macroeconomic Research. In 1988, he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the National Bureau of Economic Research USA, in 1989, he represented leading Japanese companies during the rapid investment boom in the USA. He joined Fuji Bank NY in 1996, and weathered the World Financial Storm. In 2003, he joined Citigroup as a Senior Vice President. He published more than 10 books, is regularly invited to speak to Chinese government and business leaders.