Zhang Weiying

Zhang Weiying (; born October 1, 1959) is a Chinese economist and was head of the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. He is known for his advocacy of free markets and his ideas have been influenced by the Austrian School.

Biography Zhang Weiying was born into a peasant family. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1982, and a master's degree in 1984, from Northwest University (China). He received his M. Phil. in economics in 1992 and D. Phil. in economics from Oxford University. His D. Phil. supervisors were James Mirrlees (1996 Nobel Laureate) and Donald Hay. Between 1984 and 1990, he was a research fellow of the Economic System Reform Institute of China under the State Commission of Restructuring Economic System. During this period, he was heavily involved in economic reform policy-making in China. He was the first Chinese economist who proposed the dual-track price system (in 1984) and emerged as a strong voice in arguing for it as a mechanism of reform during the Moganshan Conference. He was removed as Dean from the Guanghua School of Management in 2010; the removal was attributed to his radical views, which distracted him from the responsibilities of being a dean, according to one teacher at the school.

Zhang Weiying is the Sinar Mas Chair Professor of Economics at Peking University's National School of Development.

Works Contractors: Contract Theory, 1995 Game Theory and Information Economics, 1996 The Theory of the Firm and the Reform of Chinese Enterprises, 1999 Property Rights, Government and Reputation, 2001 Information, Trust, and the Law, 2003 Property Rights, Corporate Governance and Incentives, 2005 Competitiveness and Growth, 2006 Price, the Market, and the Entrepreneurs, 2006 30 Years of China's Reform, 2008 The Logic of the Market, 2010 Changing China: The Way Forward to Reform China, 2012