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Scott Rozelle and Dorien Emmer's research is featured in the Financial Times article, "China is suffering its own 'China Shock'"
Stanford Libraries and the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions are pleased to present the 2025 Dr. Sam-Chung Hsieh Memorial Lecture featuring Professor Matteo Maggiori who will be speaking on Geoeconomics and the US-China Great Power Competition.
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Professor Maggiori will discuss how the U.S. and China apply economic pressure to achieve their political and economic goals, and the economic costs and benefits that this competition is imposing on the world. A discussion of economic security policies that other countries are implementing to shield their economies.
Professor Maggiori is the Moghadam Family Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research focuses on international macroeconomics and finance. He is a co-founder and director of the Global Capital Allocation Project. His research topics have included the analysis of exchange rates under imperfect capital markets, capital flows, the international monetary system, reserve currencies, geoeconomics, tax havens, very long-run discount rates and climate change, and expectations and portfolio investment. His research combines theory and data with the aim of improving international economic policy. He is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research. He received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley.
Among a number of honors, he is the recipient of the Fischer Black Prize awarded to an outstanding financial economist under the age of 40, the Carnegie and Guggenheim fellowships, and the Bernacer Prize for outstanding contributions in macroeconomics and finance by a European economist under age 40.
The family of Dr. Sam-Chung Hsieh donated his personal archive to the Stanford Libraries' Special Collections and endowed the Dr. Sam-Chung Hsieh Memorial Lecture series to honor his legacy and to inspire future generations. Dr. Sam-Chung Hsieh (1919-2004) was former Governor of the Central Bank in Taiwan. During his tenure, he was responsible for the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, and was widely recognized for achieving stability and economic growth. In his long and distinguished career as economist and development specialist, he held key positions in multilateral institutions including the Asian Development Bank, where as founding Director, he was instrumental in advancing the green revolution and in the transformation of rural Asia. Read more about Dr. Hsieh.
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On February 26, 2025 the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions hosted a discussion on the role of industrial policy in U.S.-China competition, featuring insights from Skyline Scholars Loren Brandt from the University of Toronto and Xiaonian Xu from the China Europe International Business School, as well as Senior Fellow Mary Lovely from the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The panelists examined the historical context, current trends, and future implications of China’s economic strategy and its impact on global trade.
Before moving to a question and answer session moderated by SCCEI Co-Director Scott Rozelle, each panelist shared their insights on the topic through short-form presentations.
China’s Growth: From Industrialization to Innovation
Panelists highlighted the transformation of China’s economy, characterizing its past expansion as a result of rapid industrialization rather than a so-called "economic miracle." They described China’s growth in two stages: an initial phase driven by market expansion and a later phase, emerging after 2008, where state-led stimulus measures played a dominant role.
It was noted that China’s post-industrialization period has led to economic stagnation, as capital accumulation peaked in 2005, leaving excess capacity in key sectors. With investment-driven growth slowing, experts emphasized the need for a shift toward innovation. However, this transition requires structural changes, including stronger rule of law, well-functioning markets, and better incentives for entrepreneurship. While China excels in commercialization, it still lags behind other leading economies in basic and applied research, critical components for sustained innovation.
China’s Industrial Dominance: Successes and Costs
The discussion also analyzed China’s dominance in industries such as lithium batteries, electric vehicles, solar panels, and shipbuilding. The country’s success in these sectors was attributed to industrial policies that strategically direct state resources into key industries. However, these policies come with economic inefficiencies, including excessive production capacity and stagnating productivity growth.
While China’s industrial policies aim to reduce reliance on foreign technology and foster indigenous innovation, they have also led to concerns about global trade imbalances. For instance, China’s trade surplus in manufactured goods now significantly surpasses that of historical export champions Germany and Japan, disrupting global markets. Despite substantial investments in research and development, overall productivity growth has slowed, raising questions about the long-term viability of its industrial policies.
Trade Tensions and U.S. Policy Responses
The panelists also explored how China’s development model has triggered trade tensions with the U.S. and other nations. They noted that industrial subsidies, state ownership, forced technology transfers, and non-tariff barriers have led to accusations of unfair trade practices. In response, the U.S. has imposed tariffs, blocked WTO dispute resolution mechanisms, and debated revisions to trade agreements, including the Phase 1 trade deal.
Some participants suggested that while U.S.-China relations remain contentious, future shifts in U.S. foreign policy—such as improved U.S.-Russia ties under the new Trump administration—could influence the direction of trade negotiations with China. However, national security concerns and economic competition in emerging sectors like AI and clean energy will likely keep tensions high.
Looking Ahead
The discussion collectively emphasized that China’s economy will face significant challenges if it doesn’t move from an investment-driven approach to one centered on innovation. While China continues to exert influence in key industries, questions remain about its ability to sustain long-term growth without addressing underlying inefficiencies. Meanwhile, U.S. trade policies will play a crucial role in shaping the future of global economic competition.
The event underscored the complexity of U.S.-China economic relations, with industrial policy at the heart of the debate. As both countries navigate these challenges, the global economy will continue to feel the ripple effects of their evolving competition.
During this SCCEI event, expert panelists Xiaonian Xu, Loren Brandt, and Mary Lovely shared insights on the historical context, current trends, and future implications of China’s economic strategy and its impact on global trade.
The Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institution's (SCCEI) annual China Conference brings together leading voices from policy, business, and academia to examine key economic trends in China and their implications for the world.
This year's conference will examine China's role in a changing global economy. Panels of experts from Stanford and around the world will take a deep dive into China’s evolving economic ambitions and self-perception on the global stage, assess the roles of state and private enterprises in advancing China’s goals, and analyze the impacts on global trade, finance, and institutions.
We are finalizing an outstanding lineup of speakers from academia, industry, and policy communities. Updates will be posted here as confirmed.
Location:
Bechtel Conference Center
Encina Hall
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford University
Hongbin Li
Faculty Co-director of the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions
The James Liang Endowed Chair; Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Stanford University
Scott Rozelle
Faculty Co-director of the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions
Helen F. Farnsworth Endowed Professorship; Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Stanford University
Elizabeth Economy
Hargrove Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Session Panelists:
Gangsheng Bao
Professor of Political Science, Fudan University
Skyline Scholar, Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions
Jonathan Czin
Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Brookings Institute
Stephen Kotkin
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies;
Kleinheinz Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Session Panelists:
Nan Jia
Professor of Management and Organization
University of Southern California
Arthur Kroeber
Founding Partner and Head of Research
Gavekal Research
Shitong Qiao
Ken Young-Gak Yun and Jinah Park Yun Research Scholar; Professor of Law
Duke University
Sean Stein
President, U.S.-China Business Council
Session Panelists:
Deborah Brautigam
Director of the China Africa Research Initiative; Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy Emerita
Johns Hopkins University
Kyle Chan
Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in Sociology
Princeton University
Ramin Toloui
Distinguished Policy Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Stanford University
Gangsheng Bao, Professor of Political Science, Fudan University; Skyline Scholar, Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions
Gangsheng Bao is a Professor of Political Science at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, and a Skyline Scholar at the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions. He earned his Ph.D. from Peking University in 2012. His research interests include political theory, comparative politics, and political history, focusing on political modernization and democratization. He has published numerous journal articles and authored several books, including The Fate of Civilization States: From Political Crisis to Modernization (2024), Political Evolution: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century (2023), Crises and Solutions: Reflections on Political Thought in Early China (2023), The Logic of Democracy (2018), The Common Sense of Modern Politics (2015), and Politics of Democratic Breakdown (2014). His works have received multiple awards, including "Best Social Science Book of the Year" (2014).
Deborah Brautigam, Director of the China Africa Research Initiative; Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy Emerita, Johns Hopkins University
Deborah Brautigam is the Director of the China Africa Research Initiative and Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy Emerita at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Her recent books include The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2011) and Will Africa Feed China? (Oxford University Press, 2015). She has been a visiting scholar at the World Bank, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and advised more than a dozen governments on China-Africa relations. Her PhD is from the Fletcher School, Tufts University.
Kyle Chan, Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in Sociology, Princeton University
Kyle Chan is a postdoctoral researcher in the Sociology Department at Princeton University and an adjunct researcher with the RAND Corporation. His work focuses on industrial policy, clean technology, and infrastructure development in China and India. Dr. Chan has testified as an expert for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and has been cited in international media, including the Financial Times, The New Yorker, Nikkei Asia, Times of India, and Le Monde. He writes a popular newsletter on these topics called High Capacity.
Jonathan Czin, Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institute
Jonathan A. Czin is the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies and a fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. He is a former member of the Senior Analytic Service at the CIA, where he was one of the intelligence community’s top China experts. Czin led analysis on Chinese politics and policymaking, briefing senior policymakers on President Xi Jinping and key issues. From 2021 to 2023, he was director for China at the National Security Council, advising on White House diplomacy with China. Czin previously served at the Department of Defense and a CIA field station in Southeast Asia. Czin holds a master’s from Yale University, graduated magna cum laude from Haverford College, and studied at Oxford University.
Elizabeth Economy, Hargrove Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Elizabeth Economy is the Hargrove Senior Fellow and co-chair of the Program on the U.S., China, and the World at the Hoover Institution. From 2021 to 2023, she served as senior advisor for China at the Department of Commerce. Previously, she was the C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations for over a decade. An expert on Chinese domestic and foreign policy, Economy is the author of The World According to China (2022), The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State (2018), and By All Means Necessary: How China’s Resource Quest Is Changing the World (2014). Her work has been widely recognized and translated into a dozen languages. Economy has published in top journals, appeared on national television and radio, and testified before Congress. She serves on the boards of several organizations, including the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and has taught at multiple prestigious universities.
Nan Jia, Professor of Management and Organization, University of Southern California
Nan Jia is Professor of Strategic Management. She holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Canada). Her research interests include corporate political strategy, business-governance relationships, and applications of Artificial Intelligence technologies in management. Nan’s research has been published in multiple top journals in strategic management. She currently serves as an associate editor for the Strategic Management Journal and on the editorial boards of multiple leading academic journals.
Stephen Kotkin, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Kleinheinz Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Stephen Kotkin is the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Asian Pacific Research Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, both at Stanford. He directs the Hoover History Lab, which uses history to address contemporary policy challenges. At Princeton, where he taught for 33 years, he directed the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, where he established the Wythes Center for Contemporary China and the Chadha Center on Global India, among other endeavors, and edited a book series on Northeast Asia. He is completing a multivolume biography of Joseph Stalin.
Arthur Kroeber, Founding Partner and Head of Research, Gavekal Research
Arthur co-founded the China-focused research service Dragonomics in Beijing in 2002 and was the editor of its flagship journal China Economic Quarterly through 2017. Since Dragonomics' 2011 merger with Gavekal he has been head of research for the combined operation. Before founding Dragonomics, he spent 15 years as a journalist specializing in Asian economic affairs, and reported from China, India, Pakistan and other Asian countries. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Economics at the NYU Stern School of Business, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and a senior non-resident fellow of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center in Beijing. His book, China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know, was published by Oxford University Press in 2016, with a second edition in 2020, and is widely used in university classrooms.
Hongbin Li, The James Liang Endowed Chair; Faculty Co-director of Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions, Stanford University
Hongbin Li is the Co-director of Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, and a Senior Fellow of Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Li obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University in 2001 before joining the economics department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He was also one of the two founding directors of the Institute of Economics and Finance at the CUHK. He taught at Tsinghua University from 2007 to 2016 in the School of Economics and Management and was the founder and Executive Associate Director of the China Social and Economic Data Center. Li’s research has been focused on the transition and development of the Chinese economy, and the evidence-based research results have been both widely covered by media outlets and well read by policy makers around the world. He is currently the co-editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics.
Shitong Qiao, Ken Young-Gak Yun and Jinah Park Yun Research Scholar; Professor of Law, Duke University
Shitong Qiao is Professor of Law and the Ken Young-Gak Yun and Jinah Park Yun Research Scholar at Duke Law School. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong and a core faculty member of the Asia/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University. Previously, he was a tenured professor at the University of Hong Kong, a Law and Public Affairs fellow at Princeton University, and the inaugural Jerome A. Cohen Visiting Professor of Law at NYU. Qiao employs mixed methods to explore the relationship between political power, law, and private ordering. His monographs include Chinese Small Property: The Co-Evolution of Law and Social Norms (2017) and The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China (2025). Qiao has served as an expert witness on the Chinese property regime in China, Canada, and the U.S. He holds law degrees from Wuhan University, Peking University, and Yale University.
Scott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Endowed Professorship; Faculty Co-director of Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions, Stanford University
Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. He received his B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. Previously, Rozelle was a professor at the University of California, Davis and an assistant professor in Stanford’s Food Research Institute and department of economics. His research focuses almost exclusively on China and is concerned with agricultural policy, including the supply, demand, and trade in agricultural projects; the emergence and evolution of markets and other economic institutions in the transition process and their implications for equity and efficiency; and the economics of poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on rural education, health, and nutrition.
Sean Stein, President, U.S.-China Business Council
Sean Stein is the president of the US-China Business Council. He previously served as the board chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in China and is the chair emeritus of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. He also co-chaired the China Public Policy Practice at Covington and Burling where he advised international businesses on political risk, public affairs, communications, and US and China government relations. Sean previously served for nearly three decades as a US diplomat, including as Consul General in Shenyang and Shanghai. He also served on the China desk at the State Department, at the former consulate general in Chengdu, and in other positions around the Indo-Pacific. Sean speaks Mandarin and Indonesian and is a graduate of Georgetown University.
Ramin Toloui, Distinguished Policy Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University
Ramin Toloui is a Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, focusing on global economic and geopolitical competition, financial crises, and critical technologies. From 2022 to 2024, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, shaping U.S. economic strategy, strengthening global supply chains, and overseeing sanctions programs. From 2014 to 2017, he was Assistant Secretary for International Finance at the U.S. Treasury, managing global financial stability efforts. Toloui played a key role in shaping the U.S. government’s approaches to navigating Ukraine’s financial crisis, threats to Eurozone financial stability, Brexit, and China’s foreign exchange and market volatility. Before joining the U.S. Treasury, Toloui served as Global Co-Head of Emerging Markets Portfolio Management at PIMCO. Toloui holds degrees from Harvard University and Oxford University.
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Encina Hall
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Loren Brandt is the Noranda Chair Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto specializing in the Chinese economy. He is also a research fellow at the IZA (The Institute for the Study of Labor) in Bonn, Germany. He has published widely on the Chinese economy in leading economic journals and been involved in extensive household and enterprise survey work in both China and Vietnam. With Thomas Rawski, he completed Policy, Regulation, and Innovation in China’s Electricity and Telecom Industries (Cambridge University Press, 2019), an interdisciplinary effort analyzing the effect of government policy on the power and telecom sectors in China. He was also co-editor and major contributor to China’s Great Economic Transformation (Cambridge University Press, 2008), which provides an integrated analysis of China’s unexpected economic boom of the past three decades. Brandt was also one of the area editors for Oxford University Press’ five-volume Encyclopedia of Economic History (2003). His current research focuses on issues of entrepreneurship and firm dynamics, industrial policy and innovation and economic growth and structural change.
A growing body of literature explores the effect of higher education on the urban–rural divide in China. Despite an increasing number of rural students gaining access to college, little is known about their performance in college or their job prospects after graduation. Using nationally representative data from over 40,000 urban and rural college students, we examine rural students’ college performance and estimate the impact of rural status on students’ first job wages in comparison to their urban peers. Our results indicate that once accepted into college, rural students perform equally as well, if not better, than their urban counterparts. Additionally, we discovered that rural students earn a 6.2 per cent wage premium compared to their urban counterparts in their first job after graduation. Our findings suggest the importance of expanding access to higher education for rural students, as it appears to serve as an equalizer between urban and rural students despite their significantly different backgrounds.
Against the backdrop of China’s post-1978 economic transformation, recent challenges such as COVID-19 have prompted speculations about rising popular pessimism regarding current inequalities and opportunities to get ahead. This study compares findings from three new nationally representative surveys conducted in 2023 with three earlier surveys from 2004, 2009, and 2014. Results reveal a significant attitudinal shift, with 2023 respondents expressing markedly more critical views about the fairness of current inequality patterns. Respondents in the 2023 surveys increasingly attribute poverty versus wealth to structural factors like unequal opportunities rather than to variations in individual merit. Respondents also reported lower expectations for future income growth compared with the earlier surveys. While not indicating imminent threats to political stability, such trends suggest that China’s leaders will likely face increasing skepticism and even critical popular responses as they try to mobilize their citizens to confront the serious challenges that China faces in coming years.
The event will be webcast live from this page.
In this online event, set for November 19, 6:30-7:30 am US PT, the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) and the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics are releasing a new Big Data China feature that reviews recent literature evaluating the successes and failures of industrial policy in China and the conditions that shaped policy outcomes.
Trustee Chair Deputy Director Ilaria Mazzocco will moderate a discussion among experts on industrial policy in China today and its implications for the Chinese economy, global trade, and how policymakers in other countries should respond. Panelists will include Lee Branstetter (Carnegie Mellon University), Panle Jia Barwick (UW-Madison), Chloé Papazian (OECD), and Gerard DiPippo (Bloomberg Economics).
| Panle Jia Barwick Todd E. and Elizabeth H. Warnock Distinguished Chair and Professor, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Ilaria Mazzocco Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics |
| Lee Branstetter James Walton Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University | Gerard DiPippo Senior Geo-Economics Analyst, Bloomberg Economics |
| Chloé Papazian Trade Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD |
Virtual Livestream
China’s economy registered an average annual growth of 9.5% from the start of reforms in 1978 until 2019. Throughout this period, economic performance was a key indicator of China’s success and served as a critical pillar of the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy. Over the past five years, however, China’s leadership has taken an ideological turn under Xi Jinping, and economic growth has no longer been a top priority.
To examine the myriad factors behind China’s recent economic slowdown and, more importantly, consider where China might be headed, the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions and Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis co-organized the fourth in their series of closed-door roundtables. Held in April 2024 and conducted under the Chatham House Rule, the roundtable brought together leading experts on the Chinese economy for a discussion focused on the following questions:
In partnership with Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis
The Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions and Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis co-organized a closed-door roundtable on China's recent economic slowdown and produced summary report of the discussion.
The event will be webcast live from this page.
This online event, set for July 8, 7:00-8:00 am US PT, highlights new research on a significant shift in popular sentiment in China regarding the causes of economic inequality. The Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) and the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics are releasing a new Big Data China feature explaining growing popular angst in China about the sources of their own economic success or setbacks, and the implications for confidence in China's economy and economic governance for policymakers in China and the rest of the world. Professors Scott Rozelle of Stanford SCCEI and Martin Whyte of Harvard University will discuss their new survey research demonstrating that the Chinese populace increasingly attribute inequality to the economic system rather than individual ability.
Trustee Chair Scott Kennedy will moderate the discussion of this research, followed by a conversation on the implications for the Chinese economy and U.S. policymakers. Panelists will include Ilaria Mazzocco (CSIS Trustee Chair), Elizabeth Perry (Harvard University), Jessica C. Teets (Middlebury College), and Qin Gao (Columbia University).
| Qin Gao Director, China Center for Social Policy, Columbia University | Scott Kennedy Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics |
| Ilaria Mazzocco Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics | Elizabeth Perry Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University |
| Scott Rozelle Co-director, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions | Jessica Teets Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College |
| Martin Whyte John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Emeritus, Harvard University |
Virtual Livestream
Encina Hall East, E404
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. He received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS and PhD from Cornell University. Previously, Rozelle was a professor at the University of California, Davis and an assistant professor in Stanford’s Food Research Institute and department of economics. He currently is a member of several organizations, including the American Economics Association, the International Association for Agricultural Economists, and the Association for Asian Studies. Rozelle also serves on the editorial boards of Economic Development and Cultural Change, Agricultural Economics, the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and the China Economic Review.
His research focuses almost exclusively on China and is concerned with: agricultural policy, including the supply, demand, and trade in agricultural projects; the emergence and evolution of markets and other economic institutions in the transition process and their implications for equity and efficiency; and the economics of poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on rural education, health and nutrition.
Rozelle's papers have been published in top academic journals, including Science, Nature, American Economic Review, and the Journal of Economic Literature. He is fluent in Chinese and has established a research program in which he has close working ties with several Chinese collaborators and policymakers. For the past 20 years, Rozelle has been the chair of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy; a co-director of the University of California's Agricultural Issues Center; and a member of Stanford's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Center on Food Security and the Environment.
In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards, including the Friendship Award in 2008, the highest award given to a non-Chinese by the Premier; and the National Science and Technology Collaboration Award in 2009 for scientific achievement in collaborative research.
