Xie Fuzhan

Xie Fuzhan (; born 9 August 1954) is a Chinese economist and politician who served as the President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Communist Party Secretary and governor of Henan. Before that, he was the Director of China's National Bureau of Statistics and the State Council Research Office.

Xie has an accomplished academic career. He has published many articles in newspapers and journals, held a professorship at his alma mater Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and twice won China's Sun Yefang Economics Prize.

Biography Xie Fuzhan was born in Tianmen, Hubei. After graduating from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of Wuhan in 1980, he worked as a reporter for the People's Daily for three years. He then went back to school, obtaining a master's degree in engineering from the Machinery Industry Automation Research Institute in 1986. Afterwards he joined the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council of China.

In March 2018, Xie was appointed the President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Xie was a member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is a full member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees.

Academic career Xie Fuzhan is a prominent economist who has won several major awards. He is a prolific writer whose articles have been published at many newspapers and academic journals. His major research areas include macroeconomic policies, economic development, and enterprise reform. He worked on a number of significant research projects in collaboration with the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Asian Development Bank. He has been an advisor to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a professor and doctoral student advisor at his alma mater Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and an adjunct faculty member at Tsinghua University. In 2007 he was one of the three vice chairmen of the UNESCO Statistical Commission.

Selected works Real Estate: Strategic Development and Countermeasures (2000) Fiscal Control and Reform (2001) Thirty Key Issues Related to Further Reform (2003) Road to Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics (2004) China Real Estate Taxation System (2005) China Real Estate Taxation System Proposition (2006)

Awards Sun Yefang Economics Prize (1991 and 2001) National Science and Technology Award (1996) State Council of China: Exceptional Contribution Specialist