Xiaodong Zhu is a chair professor of economics in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining the University of Hong Kong in 2022, he was a full professor of economics at the University of Toronto and taught there for 30 years. His main research areas are the Chinese Economy, Growth and Development, and Macroeconomics. His research on the Chinese economy has been published in top economics journals such as the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review: Insight, Journal of Monetary Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, and Journal of Economic Perspectives. He was a co-editor of the China Economic Review, an associate editor of the Journal of International Economics, and a member of the advisory group of the Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) programme.