Zhaoyuan CHEN
Ph.D. of Political Science, Assistant Research Fellow
chen-zy@cass.org.cn
EDUCATION:
Renmin University of China (RUC)
Ph.D., School of International Studies, 2016-2020.
M.A., School of International Studies, 2014-2016.
B.A., School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2012-2014.
B.A., School of International Studies, 2010-2014.
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Visiting Ph.D., Political Science Department, 2018-2019
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT:
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Assistant Research Fellow at Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), 2020-present
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Political outcomes of foreign direct investment
Design and diffusion of international economic institutions
Chinese foreign economic policy
HONORS AND AWARDS:
T. K. Ann Award for International Trade Study, 2018 and 2020.
Outstanding Graduate Student, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, 2020
National Scholarship for Graduate Students, Ministry of Education, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
WU Yu-Zhang Scholarship (Highest Honor), RUC, 2019
Scholarship for Academic Star in School of International Studies (Grand Prize), RUC, 2019.
Awarded Grant from Outstanding Innovative Talents Cultivation Funded Program, RUC, 2017.
Awarded Grant from Scientific Research Funds for Graduate Students, RUC, 2017.
Winner of Excellent Paper Award for National Ph.D. Forum (First Prize), Youth Committee of China Society of World Economics, 2017.
Co-Winner of Excellent Paper Award for Youth (First Prize), Annual Meeting of China Society of International Economic Law, 2017.
Top 10 Chinese Paper on Global Economic Governance, World Economic Yearbook, 2016.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book
1.Zhaoyuan Chen, Investing in State Capacity: FDI. Structure and State Building in the Developing Countries (投资国家能力：外国直接投资结构与发展中世界的国家建设), Shanghai: Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2023.
2.Edward Mansfield and Helen Milner (authors), Zhaoyuan Chen (translator), Votes, Vetoes, and the Political Economy of International Trade Agreements (表决、否决与国际贸易协定的政治经济学), Shanghai: Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2019.
3.Ye Tian et al. International Trade and Regime Change: Trade Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism (国际贸易与政体变迁：民主与威权的贸易起源), Beijing: China Social Science Press, 2019. (Coauthored)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
1.Zhaoyuan Chen, “Foreign Direct Investment and State Capacity in the Developing World: Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence from the Perspective of Investor Diversity,” World Economics and Politics (世界经济与政治), No.3, 2022.
2.Jizhao Huang and Zhaoyuan Chen, “Competition and Differentiation: Japan's Strategic Choice of Infrastructure Investment in Southeast Asia,” Japanese Studies (日本学刊)，No.2, 2022.
3.Zhaoyuan Chen and Aizong Xiong, “The New ESG Regulations in EU and Chinese Firms ‘Going Global’,” China Finance (中国金融)，No.2, 2022.
4.Zhaoyuan Chen, “China’s Outward Direct Investment and State Capacity Building in Ethiopia,” World Politics Studies (世界政治研究), No.1, 2021.
5.Zhaoyuan Chen, “China’s Developmental Tales in Africa,” China International Strategy Review, Vol.3, No.1, 2021.
6.Donglin Han, Zhaoyuan Chen and Ye Tian, “To Sign or not to Sign: Explaining the Formation of China’s Bilateral Investment Treaties,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2020.
7.Ye Tian and Zhaoyuan Chen, “De-globalization Trends and Global Cooperation Against Covid-19,” Contemporary World and Socialism（当代世界与社会主义）, No. 4, 2020.
8.Qiang Zhou and Zhaoyuan Chen, “Economic Crisis, Political Realignment and Western Populism: Formal Model and Empirical Tests Based on Domestic Political Coalition,” World Economics and Politics（世界经济与政治）, No.11, 2019.
9.Zhaoyuan Chen, “Partnership Choice of China's Free Trade Agreements: An Empirical Analysis Based on Diplomatic Strategies,” World Economics and Politics（世界经济与政治）, No.7, 2019.
10.Zhaoyuan Chen, “Legalization Degree, Signatory Identity and Investment Promotion Effect of Bilateral Investment Treaties,” Foreign Affairs Review（外交评论）, No.2, 2019.
11.Zhaoyuan Chen, “The Domestic Political Impacts under the Trend of De-globalization: Core Issues and Theoretical Chances,” Teaching and Research（教学与研究）, No.10, 2018.
12.Zhaoyuan Chen, Ye Tian and Donglin Han, “Ownership Types and the Location Choice of Chinese Enterprises’ Outward Direct Investment: A Transaction Costs Perspective,” World Economics and Politics（世界经济与政治）, No.6, 2018.
(Winner of Excellent Paper Award for National Ph.D. Forum, Youth Committee of China Society of World Economics, 2017)
13.Zhaoyuan Chen, “Legalization, Institutional Benefits and Path Choices of Economic Integration in Asia-Pacific,” Southeast Asia Studies（东南亚研究）, No. 5, 2017.
14.Ye Tian, Zhaoyuan Chen and Qian Xiong, “International Trade, Initial Authoritarian Types, and Democratic Transition,” World Economics and Politics（世界经济与政治）, No.5, 2017.
15.Shengkai Mo and Zhaoyuan Chen, “International Law amid International Relations: A Construction of Jurisprudence Based on Theories of International Institutions,” Foreign Affairs Review（外交评论）, No.1, 2017.
16.Zhaoyuan Chen, “Host Country’s Political Institutions and the Location Choice of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment,” World Economics and Politics（世界经济与政治）, No.11, 2016.
17.Zhaoyuan Chen, Ye Tian and Donglin Han, “Institutional Choice of Dispute Settlement Mechanism in Bilateral Investment Treaties,” World Economics and Politics（世界经济与政治）, No.3, 2015.
(Top 10 Chinese Paper on Global Economic Governance, World Economic Yearbook, 2016)
Book Chapter
1.Zhaoyuan Chen, “Global Food Crisis under Geopolitical Conflicts and Pandemic,” in Yuyan Zhang and Zhibo Zou, eds., Annual Report on International Politics and Security (2023): Yellow Book of International Politics (全球政治与安全报告（2023）·国际形势黄皮书), Beijing: Social Science Academic Press, 2022.
2.Shengkai Mo and Zhaoyuan Chen, ““International Law amid International Relations,” in Yue Chen and Ye Tian, eds., International Politics: A Guidebook for Students (国际政治学学科地图), Beijing: Peking University Press, 2021.
3.Zhaoyuan Chen, “International Political Economy in Hard Times: Explore the Political Effects of the Contraction of Globalization,” in Yizhou Wang, Xiaoming Zhang and Junju Zhuang, eds., International Relation Theories: Frontier Issues and New Approaches（国际关系理论：前沿问题与新的路径）, Shanghai: Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2018.
Revised: February 2023.