Chinese Business and Economics

The Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics provides unmatched thought leadership for the Washington policy community by examining China’s economy and its commercial relationship with the United States and the rest of the world.  

We go beyond the headlines to examine Chinese sectoral trends and industrial policy, the behavior of its companies and financial institutions, and the political economy of public health and climate governance. With our rigorous empirical and data-driven research, we put forward proposals for how the United States and others can adopt smart policies in an era defined by both deep interdependence and strategic competition.  

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"How Private Are Chinese Companies?": A Big Data China Event

Big Data China Feature launch event on China's corporate social credit system, surveillance capitalism, and the implications for U.S. policy.

February 7, 2023 • 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Governance by Data: How China’s Party-State Keeps Its Pulse on the People 

The 20th Party Congress in Beijing in November highlighted just how much power Xi Jinping and his closest allies have concentrated in their hands. Control is more centralized than ever, and surveillance is ubiquitous in China. While these trends have consolidated the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) power and further reduced public opposition, such a system…

Commentary by Ilaria Mazzocco — December 21, 2022

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Big Data China

Big Data China is a collaboration between the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics and the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) dedicated to bridging the gap between cutting-edge quantitative academic research and the Washington policy community.

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Scott Kennedy

Scott Kennedy

Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Ilaria Mazzocco

Ilaria Mazzocco

Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Daniel H. Rosen

Daniel H. Rosen

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Claire Reade

Claire Reade

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
John L. Holden

John L. Holden

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Deborah Seligsohn

Deborah Seligsohn

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Paul Triolo

Paul Triolo

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Logan Wright

Logan Wright

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Jeannette Chu

Jeannette Chu

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
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"How Private Are Chinese Companies?": A Big Data China Event

Big Data China Feature launch event on China's corporate social credit system, surveillance capitalism, and the implications for U.S. policy.

Event by Scott Kennedy , Ilaria Mazzocco , Scott Rozelle , Barry Naughton , Curtis J. Milhaupt , Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin , and Martin Chorzempa — February 7, 2023

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Press Briefing: Previewing Secretary Blinken’s China Visit

The CSIS will host a call-in press briefing on Monday, January 30, at 4:00 p.m. ET ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s anticipated visit to Beijing on February 5 and 6.

Event by Bonny Lin , Jude Blanchette , and Scott Kennedy — January 30, 2023

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Governance by Data: How China’s Party-State Keeps Its Pulse on the People 

The 20th Party Congress in Beijing in November highlighted just how much power Xi Jinping and his closest allies have concentrated in their hands. Control is more centralized than ever, and surveillance is ubiquitous in China. While these trends have consolidated the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) power and further reduced public opposition, such a system…

Commentary by Ilaria Mazzocco — December 21, 2022

China at Home and Abroad: Opportunities and Fears

In the first annual conference of Big Data China, China experts in the policy and academic communities discussed China’s economic policy, exit strategies for China’s Covid-19 policy, and potential pathways to improve the US-China relationship.

Event by and Scott Kennedy , Ilaria Mazzocco , Daniel H. Rosen , John L. Holden , Loren Brandt , Mary Lovely , Wenhong Chen , Yanzhong Huang , Winnie Yip , Jan Berris , Elizabeth Economy — December 13, 2022

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Have U.S.-China Tensions Hurt American Innovation: A Big Data China Event

In this Big Data China event on December 9 at 10 a.m. EST, the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics and the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) present their latest publication.

Event by Ilaria Mazzocco , Deborah Seligsohn , Scott Rozelle , Molly Roberts , Ruixue Jia , Abigail Coplin , and James Mulvenon — December 9, 2022

How U.S.-China Tensions Have Hurt American Science

There is a growing concern in Washington that the United States government, its companies, and universities have helped drive the rapid growth of China’s high-tech sector to the detriment of America’s overall national interest. Accusations of intellectual property (IP) theft and state-sponsored industrial espionage by China have loomed large in the bilateral relationship. These concerns…

Commentary by Ilaria Mazzocco and Qin (Maya) Mei — December 9, 2022

The Truth of the Matter

China Protests

CSIS’s Scott Kennedy, who recently returned to Washington from 2 months in China, joins the podcast to discuss the widespread protests in China and the conditions which precipitated them.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Scott Kennedy — November 29, 2022

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A Washingtonian in Beijing

In the wake of the Biden-Xi meeting in Bali, where are US-China relations headed? Join CSIS’s Scott Kennedy and Peking University’s Wang Jisi, as they discuss their exchange of visits and whether Washington and Beijing can build effective “guardrails” to keep ties from devolving into open conflict.

Transcript — November 16, 2022

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A Washingtonian in Beijing

Join CSIS’s Scott Kennedy and Peking University’s Wang Jisi, as they discuss their exchange of visits and whether Washington and Beijing can build effective “guardrails” to keep ties from devolving into open conflict.

Event by Scott Kennedy and Wang Jisi — November 15, 2022

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Book Event: Seeking Truth & Hiding Facts

Jeremy Wallace, associate professor of government at Cornell University, discusses his book Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China.

Event by Scott Kennedy , Jeremy L. Wallace , Yuen Yuen Ang , Yasheng Huang , and Andrew Mertha — November 2, 2022

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