Jinfan Zhang

Professor Jinfan Zhang received his Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Yale University, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, MSc in Statistics from Harvard University, MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, BE in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, and BA in Economics from Peking University (double major). He is currently the Associate Professor of Finance and Area Head of Finance at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, senior research fellow of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) affiliated CIFCM, and co-director of the Center for China Economy and Enterprise Overseas Strategy Research at Shenzhen Finance Institute (SFI). Before joining CUHK-Shenzhen, he was Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), assistant professor at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). He also serived as senior visiting scholar of the Research Bureau of the People's Bank of China.

He has published papers in top finance and economics academic journals including American Economic Review: Insights, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Finance, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Financial Research, and China Economic Quarterly, etc. His research has won awards include the The Finalist of the Best Paper Award in the Review of Finance 2022, Best Paper Award in Asset Pricing at the Western Finance Association Annual Meeting (WFA) 2011, CUHK-Shenzhen SME Outstanding Research Award 2021.