Dr. Bin Xu is Professor of Economics and Finance, Wu Jinglian Chair Professor in Economics at CEIBS. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Fudan University in 1986 and 1989, and his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 1995. Before joining CEIBS, Dr. Xu was a tenured faculty member at Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. He also taught as a visiting professor at Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, and worked as a consultant for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

Dr. Xu’s current research focuses on the global and Chinese economy, multinational enterprises in China, and trade and finance Issues of emerging markets. He has published extensively in both international and Chinese journals, and was named to the “2021 List of Highly-Cited Chinese Researchers” released by Elsevier Publishing Group. Dr. Xu is the author of two books, International Trade and Applying Macroeconomics, and served as the founding editor-in-chief of CEIBS Frontier Views Book Series.

Dr. Bin Xu has taught courses on macroeconomics, China and the global economy, and international finance at CEIBS, and was invited to give speeches on the global economy and the Chinese economy for executives of multinational companies and Chinese companies. Dr. Xu has won the CEIBS Teaching Excellence Award four times, and in 2019 won the CEIBS Medal for Teaching Excellence, the highest teaching award of CEIBS.