About the author

Xu Dianqing is a Chinese author known for his economic commentary and on-the-ground observation. Public information about him is limited, and his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Six of his works are held in the collection, spanning finance, social culture, and agriculture and forestry, with a tone that often leans toward the personal essay. He focuses steadily on structural problems in China's economic growth, discussing issues such as overcapacity, food security, and farmland protection. Works such as Understanding China's Overcapacity, Asking About Grain: A Detailed Explanation of the 1.8 Billion Mu Farmland Red Line, and a series of lectures on whether China has enough grain and on disputes over grain imports show his approach of turning specialized economic topics into accessible writing for general readers, while The Mountains Do Not Turn, the Water Turns: A Economist's Journey Through Rivers and Mountains reveals his travel-writing side. His writing usually starts from concrete data and real problems, in plain language, and suits ordinary readers interested in macro policy and national conditions.

Written (7)

Understanding China's Overcapacity cover
Rating 3.9
Understanding China's Overcapacity 徐滇庆 / Liu Ying Peking University Press · 2025 In recent years, overcapacity has been a hot topic in academic discussion and a focus of government work. Just how serious is overcapacity in the five…
When the Mountain Does Not Turn, the Water Turns: An Economist's Travels Through Mountains and Rivers cover
Rating 3.8
When the Mountain Does Not Turn, the Water Turns: An Economist's Travels Through Mountains and Rivers 徐滇庆 Peking University Press · 2025 In this travel essay collection, renowned economist Xu Dianqing brings together beautiful scenery, culture, and history with an economist's reflection…
Asking About Grain: A Detailed Explanation of the 1.8 Billion Mu Farmland Red Line cover
Rating 3.8
Asking About Grain: A Detailed Explanation of the 1.8 Billion Mu Farmland Red Line 徐滇庆 / 贾帅帅 Peking University Press · 2025 The 1.8 billion mu farmland red line is a long-running hot topic. In caring about the red line, people are in fact caring about their own rice bowl. A…
Peking University Micro-Lecture: Is China's Arable Land Enough? cover
Rating 3.7
Peking University Micro-Lecture: Is China's Arable Land Enough? 徐滇庆 / 贾帅帅 Peking University Press · 2025 The 180 million mu farmland red line has long been a hotly debated topic. People care about the red line because they care about their own food securi…
Peking University Micro-Lecture: Is China's Grain Enough to Eat? cover
Rating 3.6
Peking University Micro-Lecture: Is China's Grain Enough to Eat? 徐滇庆 / 贾帅帅 Peking University Press · 2025 The 1.8 billion mu farmland red line has long been a hot topic. When people care about the farmland red line, they are in fact caring about their own …
Peking University Micro-Lecture: The Controversy over China's Grain Imports cover
Rating 3.6
Peking University Micro-Lecture: The Controversy over China's Grain Imports 贾帅帅 / 徐滇庆 Peking University Press · 2025 The red line of 1.8 billion mu of arable land has long been a hotly debated topic. Public concern over this red line is, in essence, concern over thei…
The Path to Ending Poverty: A Comparison of Development Strategies in China and India cover
The Path to Ending Poverty: A Comparison of Development Strategies in China and India 徐滇庆 / Chris Corrigan / Li Xin China Machine Press · 2009 This book is a comparative study using China and India as samples to discuss how developing countries can escape poverty. The authors argue that pover…

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Peking University PressChina Machine Press