Professor Chunlai Chen
Bs. (Beijing Forestry University), MPA (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University), PhD (Adelaide University)
Professor, Policy and Governance Program
College of Asia & the Pacific
Areas of expertise
- Economic Development And Growth 140202
- Heterodox Economics 149903
- Finance 150201
- Agricultural Economics 140201
- Environment And Resource Economics 140205
- International Economics And International Finance 140210
- International Relations 160607
Research interests
- Foreign Direct Investment
- International Trade and the WTO
- Agricultural Economics
- Chinese Economy
Biography
Professor Chunlai Chen is an applied economist in the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. He holds a BSc. from Beijing Forestry University (China), MPA from Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University (USA), and PhD from the University of Adelaide (Australia).
He is an expert in foreign direct investment, international trade, agricultural economics, and rural development with an emphasis on China’s economy.
Before moving to Australia, Professor Chen worked in Rural Development Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for more than ten years. He provided systematic and comprehensive studies on foreign direct investment and its impact on China’s economy. He has also conducted extensive research on China’s agricultural production, marketing, trade policy and liberalisation, and rural development.
He is leading a research project funded by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research on rural regional transformation in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia and Pakistan, which will have important policy impacts on rural development in Asian developing economies.
Professor Chen has two single-authored books: Foreign Direct Investment in China: Location Determinants, Investor Differences and Economic Impacts (Edward Elgar 2011), and Foreign Direct Investment and the Chinese Economy: A Critical Assessment (Edward Elgar 2017).
Researcher's projects
- Impact of WTO and regional integration on China’s agriculture
- Foreign direct investment and its impact on China’s economy
Publications
- Shen, J, Chen, C, Yang, M et al 2019, 'City Size, Population Concentration and Productivity: Evidence from China', China and World Economy, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 110-131.
- Yan, J, Chen, C & Hu, B 2019, 'Farm size and production efficiency in Chinese agriculture: output and profit', China Agricultural Economic Review, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 20-38.
- Chen, C 2018, 'Impact of China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment on Its Regional Economic Growth', China and World Economy, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1-21.
- Sheng, Y, Drysdale, P & Chen, C 2017, 'Economic growth in China and its potential impact on Australia-China bilateral trade: A projection for 2025 based on the CGE analysis', Singapore Economic Review.
- Chen, C & Wu, Y 2017, 'Impact of Foreign Direct Investment and Export on Urbanization: Evidence from China', China and World Economy, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 71-89pp.
- Chen, C 2017, Foreign Direct Investment and the Chinese Economy: A Critical Assessment, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK.
- Chen, C 2017, 'China's Overseas Direct Investment and Reverse Knowledge Spillovers', in Ligang Song, Ross Garnaut, Cai Fang and Lauren Johnston (ed.), China’s new sources of economic growth : human capital, innovation and technological change, ANU Press, Canberr, pp. 389-407pp.
- Chen, C & Wu, Y 2017, 'Interregional Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on China's Inland Urbanization', Singapore Economic Review, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 997-1017.
- Li, B, Chen, C & Hu, B 2016, 'Governing urbanization and the New Urbanization Plan in China', Environment and Urbanization, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 515-534pp.
- Wu, Y & Chen, C 2016, 'The impact of foreign direct investment on urbanization in China', Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 339-356.
- Chen, C 2016, 'The impact of foreign direct investment on urban-rural income inequality Evidence from China', China Agricultural Economic Review, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 480-497.
- Hu, B, Luo, J, Chen, C et al 2016, 'Evaluating Low-Carbon City Development in China: Study of five national pilot cities', in Ligang Song, Ross Garnaut, Cai Fang, Lauren Johnston (ed.), China's new sources of economic growth: reform, resources and climate change, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 315-335pp.
- Chen, C 2015, 'Do Inland Provinces Benefit from Coastal Foreign Direct Investment in China?', China and World Economy, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 22-41.
- Chen, C 2015, 'The Impact of Coastal FDI on Inland Economic Growth in China', in Ligang Song, Ross Garnaut, Cai Fang and Lauren Johnston (ed.), China's Domestic Transformation in a Global Context, ANU Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 339-359.
- Chen, C 2015, 'Determinants and motives of outward foreign direct investment from China's provincial firms', Transnational Corporations, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 1-28.
- Hu, B & Chen, C 2015, 'New urbanisation under globalisation and the social implications in China', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 34-43.
- Zhang, D, Chen, C & Sheng, Y 2015, 'Public investment in agricultural R&D and extension An analysis of the effects on Australian broadacre farming productivity', China Agricultural Economic Review, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 86-101.
- Chen, C 2014, 'The Impact of FDI on China's Regional Economic Growth', in Ligang Song, Ross Garnaut, Cai Fang (ed.), Deepening Reform for China's Long-term Growth and Development, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 407-427.
- Chen, C, Sheng, Y & Findlay, C 2013, 'Export spillovers of FDI on China's domestic firms', Review of International Economics, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 841-856.
- Chen, C 2013, 'FDI and Economic Growth', in Yanrui Wu (ed.), Regional Development and Economic Growth in China - Series on Economic Development and Growth, World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 117-140.
- Chen, C 2012, 'Has China attracted excessive FDI inflows?', International Journal of Value Chain Management, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 17-34.
- Chen, C 2011, Foreign Direct Investment In China: Location Determinants, Investor Differences and Economic Impacts, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK.
- Chen, C 2011, 'The Development of China's FDI Laws and Policies after WTO Accession', in Jane Golley and Ligang Song (ed.), Rising China: Global Challenges and Opportunities, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 85-96.
- Chen, C 2011, 'Foreign Direct Investment in China: Performance, Characteristics, and Prospects', in Yin-Wong Cheung, Vikas Kakkar and Guonan Ma (ed.), Frontiers of economics and globalization volume 9: The evolving role of Asia in global finance, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bingley UK, pp. 341-368.
- Chen, C 2011, 'Determinants of investment intensity of source economies in China', in Lilai Xu (ed.), China's Economy in the Post-WTO Environment: Stock Markets, FDI and Challenges of Sustainability, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 96-113.
- Chen, C 2011, 'Has China attracted excessive FDI inflows?', Annual Conference of the Association of Chinese Economic Studies Australia 2010, ed. Kok-Boon Oh, Xinquan Ge and Lilai Xu, BISTU Press, Beijing China, pp. 1-26pp.
- Chen, C 2010, 'Foreign direct investment in China: trends, characteristics and impacts', in Christopher Findlay, Mari Pangestu & David Parsons (ed.), Light the Lamp: Papers on World Trade and Investment in Memory of Bijit Bora, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, pp. 179-218.
- Chen, C 2010, 'Asian foreign direct investment and the 'China effect'', in Ross Garnaut, Jane Golley and Ligang Song (ed.), China: The Next Twenty Years of Reform and Development, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 221-239.
- Chen, C 2009, 'Characteristics of FDI firms in China after WTO accession', in Chunlai Chen (ed.), China's Integration with the Global Economy: WTO Accession, Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 101-125.
- Chen, C, ed., 2009, China's Integration with the Global Economy: WTO Accession, Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham.
- Chen, C 2009, 'China's economy after WTO accession: an overview', in Chunlai Chen (ed.), China's Integration with the Global Economy: WTO Accession, Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 1-16.
- Chen, C, Yang, J & Qui, H 2009, 'The impact of the ASEAN-China Free Trade area on China's economy and regional agricultural development', in Chunlai Chen (ed.), China's Integration with the Global Economy: WTO Accession, Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 183-203.
- Chen, C 2009, 'Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment', in Ross Garnaut, Ligang Song and Wing Thye Woo (ed.), China's New Place in a World in Crisis: Economic, Geopolitical and Environmental Dimensions, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 325-347.
- Chen, C & Yang, J 2008, 'The economic impact of the China-ASEAN free trade area: a computational analysis with special emphasis on agriculture', in Chunlai Chen and Ron Duncan (ed.), Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 372-407.
- Chen, C, Yang, J & Findlay, C 2008, 'Measuring the economic impact of food safety standards on China's agricultural exports', Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv-Review of World Economics, vol. 144, no. 1, pp. 83-106.
- Chen, C & Duncan, R, eds, 2008, Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
- Chen, C & Duncan, R 2008, 'Achieving Food Security in China: Implications of WTO Accession', in Chunlai Chen and Ron Duncan (ed.), Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-26.
- Chen, C 2008, 'China's agricultural trade following WTO accession', in Chunlai Chen and Ron Duncan (ed.), Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 305-345.
- Chen, C & Yang, J 2008, 'Agricultural trade between China and ASEAN: dynamics and prospects', in Chunlai Chen and Ron Duncan (ed.), Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 346-371.
- Chen, C 2007, 'Foreign direct investment in China: trends and characteristics after WTO accession', in Ross Garnaut & Ligang Song (ed.), China: Linking Markets for Growth, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 197-224.
- Chen, C 2006, 'Changing patterns in China's agricultural trade after WTO accession', in Ross Garnaut & Ligang Song (ed.), The Turning Point in China's Economic Development, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp. 227-255.
- Chen, C 2006, 'China's agricultural trade after WTO's world accession', in Barbara Nelson and Robin Jeffrey (ed.), Capturing the Year 2006: Writings from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 50-55.
- Zhongai, W & Chen, C 2004, 'Evaluation of China's regional grain trade policy', in Chunlai Chen and Christopher Findlay (ed.), China's Domestic Grain Marketing Reform and Integration, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 164-179.
- Zhongai, W, Chen, C, Shouxiong, H et al 2004, 'An overview of regional grain trade in China', in Chunlai Chen and Christopher Findlay (ed.), China's Domestic Grain Marketing Reform and Integration, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 126-148.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2004, 'The impact of foreign direct investment on China's economy', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China's Third Economic Transformation: The rise of the private economy, Routledge Curzon, London, pp. 102-117.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2004, 'China's domestic grain marketing reform: a long march towards marketisation', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China: Is rapid growth sustainable?, Asia Pacific Press, ANU, Canberra, pp. 58-76.
- Findlay, C & Chen, C 2004, China's Domestic Grain Marketing Reform and Integration, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra.
- Findlay, C, Chen, C, Farrell, R et al 2004, 'East Asia', in Kym Anderson (ed.), The World's Wine Markets: Globalization at Work, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 307-326.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2004, 'Patterns of domestic grain flows and regional comparative advantage in grain production in China', in Chunlai Chen and Christopher Findlay (ed.), China's Domestic Grain Marketing Reform and Integration, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 180-193.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2004, 'China's domestic grain marketing reform since the 1980s', in Chunlai Chen and Christopher Findlay (ed.), China's Domestic Grain Marketing Reform and Integration, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 1-13.
- Chen, C & Findlay, C 2003, 'A Review of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in APEC Economies', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 14-38.
- Chen, C 2003, 'Location Determinants and Provincial Distribution of FDI', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China: New Engine of World Growth, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 189-216.
- Huang, J, Chen, C, Rozelle, S et al 2003, 'WTO Accession and Agricultural Trade: Trade liberalization and China's food economy in the 21st century', in Scott D. Rozelle and Daniel A. Sumner (ed.), Agricultural Trade and Policy in China: Issues, analysis and implications, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Davis, USA, pp. 55-80.
- Chen, C, Huang, J, Rozelle, S et al 2003, 'Trade liberalisation and China's food economy in the 21st century: implications for China's national food security', in Scott D. Rozelle and Daniel A. Sumner (ed.), Agricultural Trade and Policy in China: Issues, analysis and implications, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Davis, USA, pp. 55-80.
- Chen, C 2002, 'Foreign direct investment: prospects and policies', in (ed.), China in the World Economy: the domestic policy challenges, OECD Publishing, ??, pp. 321-360.
- Chen, C 2002, 'The impact of WTO accession on FDI', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China 2002: WTO entry and world recession, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 123-148.
- Findlay, C & Chen, C 2000, 'Australia's APEC agenda: implications for Australia and China', in Drysdale, P.; Zhang, Y.; Song, L. (ed.), APEC and Liberalisation of the Chinese Economy, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 45-58.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Understanding the Drivers of Successful and Inclusive Rural Regional Transformation (Primary Investigator)
