ZHANG Xiaojing is a Professor of Economics, Director of Institute of Finance & Banking, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); Director of National Institution for Finance & Development (NIFD); Member of Chinese Economists 50 Forum; Member of China Finance 40 Forum.

Prof. Zhang is also the recipient of prestigious awards such as SUN Yefang Financial Innovation Prize for 2015, and SUN Yefang Economics Prize for 2005 and 2007. He actively participated in the research and consultant work on China’s 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Five-Year Plan. He is in charge of the Project of China’s Historical Balance Sheets（CHBS）which is the exclusively available data source for China's National assets and liabilities. This set of data holds significant influence in both policy and academic circles and is widely used internationally.

He was a Visiting Professor at Harvard and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in 2006-2007; and a Visiting Fellow at Stockholm School of Economics, from 1999-2000. His research interests are macroeconomics, macrofinance, and development economics.