Zhu Ling

Zhu Ling (; born December 1951) is a Chinese economist who served as the deputy director and researcher in the Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), professor of graduate school and supervisor of doctorate student at Institute of Economics, CASS. She was elected a member of CASS in 2010. Vice president of the Chinese Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, and had joined the research group of Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.

She is a member of theoretical economics consultative group at Academic Degree Commission of the State Council (seventh) Sunyefang Economics Science Award in 1996; (third) China Rural Development Research Award in 2008. Throughout the process of introducing the gender perspective into economic research, she used statistical models to analyze the gender inequality in farm-land allocation, basic medical care and endowment insurance. In her research, she found that the disease threat faced by Tibetan women farmers was mostly related to poverty. However, health services, especially women's health services, are the weak links in the development of Tibetan areas and the implementation of the poverty alleviation plan.

"Poverty reduction policy research"

Based on the understanding of living conditions of poor groups coming from her studies about income distribution, Zhu has been exploring effective ways to alleviate and eliminate poverty since 1990. Firstly, an interdisciplinary study of economics, sociology, and nutrition is conducted on the poverty reduction effect of the “work relief” project. was published by the US Nova Science Publishers Company in 1997.

"Pension plan for rural residents and peasant-workers"

During the period of 2007–2010, Zhu led the research team to first conduct a sample survey on the current situation of peasant workers participating in endowment insurance. Secondly, she followed up on the progress of the pilot project of the new rural residents' social endowment insurance. Besides, she was being assigned to lead the research on the construction of social security system planning project for "Twelfth Five-Year Plan". the new rural insurance and the participation of peasant workers in social insurance, which is previously for urban workers, will help promote social security. In order to convey the findings and information to decision-making officials and the public, Zhu has attended the Central Office during the period of 2009–2010, the 21st Century Forum organized by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the seminar organized by the Ministry of Social Security, and the China Social Science Forum to give lectures or make speeches. In addition, she has submitted policy reports to decision-making government officials. Finally, the research report on the promotion methods of the “new rural insurance” China Rural Development Research Award, 2008 Distinguished Scientific Award, Second Prize, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2004 Sun Yefang Economics Award, 1996 Distinguished Scientific Award, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 1993

Selected bibliography Books Zhu, Ling. 2017. Food Security and Social Protection for the Rural Poor in China. Routledge, April 6, 2017. Zhu, Ling. 2014. “Addressing Extreme Poverty and Marginality: Experiences in Rural China.” In Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology, edited by Joachim von Braun and Franz W. Gatzweiler, 239–55. New York and Heidelberg: Springer. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7061-4 Wang, Luolin, and Zhu, Ling. 2013. Breaking Out of the Poverty Trap: Case Studies from the Tibetan Plateau in Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu. Hackensack, N.J. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7061-4 Braun, J.; Jiang, Zhongyi; Zhu, Ling; Credit for Rural Poor in China, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, 1997. Jiang, Zhongyi; Zhu, Ling.1994. Public Works and Poverty Alleviation in Rural China, Chinese version: Shanghai People's Publishing House and Shanghai Sanlian Book Store, Shanghai, 1994; English version: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, 1996. Zhu, Ling. 1991. Rural Reform and Peasant Income in China, The Macmillan Press LTD, London. doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230373181

Papers

Zhu, Ling, and Ping Xu. 2015. “The Politics of Welfare Exclusion: Immigration and Disparity in Medicaid Coverage.” Policy Studies Journal 43 (4): 456–83. Zhu, Ling. 2011. Agricultural Change and Food Security in China, in Food security and the futures of farms, Published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, No.1, 2011, Stockholm. Zhu, Ling, Zhongyi Jiang, Chengwu Jin, and Zhen Wang. 2010. “China’s New Rural Pension Scheme: Practice and Problems.” China Economist, no. 28 (September): 100–108. Zhu, Ling, and Chengwu Jin. 2009. “Income Distribution Policy Options amid the Global Financial Crisis.” China Economist, no. 21 (July): 59–64. Zhu, Ling. 2008. “Impacts of Food and Energy Price Hikes and Proposed Coping Strategies.” China and World Economy 16 (6): 35–45. doi:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291749-124X/issues. Zhu, Ling. 2007. “Effects of Rural Medical Financial Assistance in China.” China and World Economy 15 (2): 16–28. doi:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291749-124X/issues. Ling, Z. and Zhongyi, J. 1995. ‘Yigong‐daizhen’ in China: A New Experience with Labour‐intensive Public Works in Poor Areas. Development Policy Review, 13: 349–370. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7679.1995.tb00098.x Selden, Mark; Zhu, Ling.1993. Agricultural cooperation and the family farm in China, in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, vol.25, no.3, 1993, Boulder, Colorado. Zhu, Ling; Jiang, Zhongyi. "From Brigade to Village Community: The Land Tenure System and Rural Development in China." Cambridge Journal of Economics 17, no. 4 (1993): 441–61. doi: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23599795. Zhu, Ling.1990. The transformation of the operating mechanisms in Chinese agriculture, The Journal of Development Studies, 26:2, 229–242, doi: 10.1080/00220389008422149