Tsinghua University
Chair Professor, PBC School of Finance; Vice Chair, National Institute of Financial Research; Director of CIFER, CGFR, and the Research Center for International Digital Capital.
1995PhD in Economics
4Recent books
3Core research fields
2026New book from Palgrave
Profile
Scholarship across markets, institutions, and world order
Jiandong Ju is Unigroup Chair Professor at PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, and Chairman of the China Trade Research Group. He serves as Vice Chair of the National Institute of Financial Research and directs research centers focused on international finance and economics, green finance, and international digital capital.
After receiving his doctorate in Economics from Pennsylvania State University in 1995, he held faculty positions at the University of Oklahoma and Tsinghua University. He later served as Professor and Dean of the School of International Business Administration at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. His international policy experience includes serving as a resident scholar at the International Monetary Fund and as a consultant to the World Bank.
His research has appeared in the American Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and other journals. His teaching centers on advanced international trade and finance, trade conflict, and the re-architecture of globalization.
Appointments
Academic and policy leadership
China Trade Research Group
Chairman.
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Professor and Dean, School of International Business Administration.
Tsinghua University
Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for International Economics Research, School of Economics and Management.
University of Oklahoma
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor with tenure, and Professor of Economics.
International policy institutions
Resident and visiting scholar in the IMF Research Department; consultant to the World Bank.
Formation & recognition
Education and selected honors
Education
- 1990–1995
- PhD in Economics
Pennsylvania State University - 1985–1987
- MA in Economics
Tsinghua University - 1978–1982
- BS in Mathematics
Nanjing University
Selected honors
- 2025
- Pushan Award for Excellent Papers on Policy Research
- 2023
- Tsinghua University Award of Excellent Course and Ministry of Education National First-Class Undergraduate Course
- 2021
- Excellent Teacher, Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 2020
- Ministry of Education award for outstanding scientific research in economics
- 2016
- Pushan Award for Excellent Papers on International Economics
Publishing
Books on global finance and world order
Four recent books connect the transformation of the world economy with the institutions, crises, and strategic choices shaping it.
- 2026
- 2024
The Great Power Competition and the Re-architecture of the World Order
Peking University Press · Chinese edition
- 2024
Tsinghua PBCSF Chief Economists Forum: 2023 Global Financial Turbulence and Economic Outlook
Palgrave Macmillan
- 2023
Tsinghua PBCSF Chief Economists Forum: Turbulent 2022
Palgrave Macmillan
Journal articles
Selected publications
Research spanning trade, industrial policy, economic growth, international finance, and market structure.
“Accounting for the Evolution of China’s Production and Trade Patterns”
with Hanwei Huang and Vivian Zhanwei Yue · International Economic Review
“Trade Wars and Industrial Policy Competitions: Understanding the US-China Economic Conflicts”
with Hong Ma, Zi Wang, and Xiaodong Zhu · Journal of Monetary Economics
“Trade Reforms and Current Account Imbalances”
with Kang Shi and Shang-Jin Wei · Journal of International Economics
“Bilateral Trade and Shocks in Political Relations”
with Yingxin Du, Carlos D. Ramirez, and Xi Yao · Journal of International Economics
“Endowment Structures, Industrial Dynamics and Economic Growth”
with Justin Yifu Lin and Yong Wang · Journal of Monetary Economics
“Domestic Institutions and the Bypass Effect of International Capital Flow”
with Shang-Jin Wei · American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
“Welfare and Market Access Effects of Piecemeal Tariff Reform”
with Kala Krishna · Journal of International Economics
“Divisionalization, Franchising, and Divestiture Incentives in Oligopoly”
with Michael Baye and Keith Crocker · American Economic Review