Professor David Daokui Li is a leading Chinese economist. He is the Distinguished Professor of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at departments of Chinese Literature & History, Tsinghua University. He was the Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor of Economics at Tsinghua University 2006 to 2018. Together with Eric S. Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics, he is Co-president of the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE). He also served as the Founding Dean of Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University from 2014 to 2017. His research and teaching cover a wide range of economic fields, including government and economics, economic development, and the Chinese economy.
Professor Li has been active in policy discussions inside and outside China. He has been a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) between 2008 and 2012. Additionally, Professor Li is a member of the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum based in Switzerland. He was elected as a lifetime honorary member of the Mining and Metals Industry community of the World Economic Forum.
He previously served on China’s Monetary Policy Committee and was an external advisor to the International Monetary Fund. He was the first Chief Economist of the New Development Bank.
Professor David Daokui Li holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He obtained his B.S. from Tsinghua University in 1985 as a member of the first cohort of graduates of the School of Economics and Management.