Guoxiong Zhang, PhD

Dr Zhang Guoxiong is the Managing Director of Deloitte China's Economic Advisory Service. He has rich economic research experience in academia, international institutions and business consulting, and has provided macroeconomic and strategic advice to the C-level executives of more than 100 multinational companies, including dozens of Fortune 500 companies. At Deloitte China, Dr. Zhang provides macroeconomic and policy advice to senior executives of foreign and local companies, and helps multinational companies localize in the Chinese market and Chinese companies expand their global business.

Previously, Dr Zhang was Shanghai Director and China Research Head of The Economist Corporate Network. Before joining The Economist Group, Dr Zhang was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and a Visiting Scholar at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. During his doctoral studies, Dr Zhang also worked as a summer intern economist at the Asian Development Bank. Dr Zhang has directed and led a number of national research projects, and his research papers have been presented at several international academic and policy conferences, and some of them have been published in top academic journals. Dr Zhang taught macroeconomics and finance at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Zhang Guoxiong graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Ph.D. in Economics and a Master's degree in Statistics. Dr Zhang also holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Zhejiang University.