Portrait of Cai Fang

About the author

Cai Fang, born in Beijing in 1956, is a Chinese economist and a former vice president and academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He has long researched labor economics, population economics, China's economic reform, and income distribution. His writing is known for its clear sense of problems and rigorous argument, and he is skilled at examining demographic change, the labor market, and economic growth within a single analytical framework. The library holds five of his works, including The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform (30th Anniversary Edition), Behind the China Miracle: The Logic and Theory of Reform, "The Humble Are the Wisest," New Sources of China's Economic Growth (Volume 1: Reform, Resources and Energy, and Climate Change), and The Future Possibilities of the Chinese Economy. These works span finance and economics, management, and society and culture, and are written for both professional readers and general readers interested in the Chinese economy.

Written (8)

The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform (30th Anniversary Edition) cover
Rating 4.7
The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform (30th Anniversary Edition) Justin Yifu Lin / Cai Fang / 李周 Truth & Wisdom Press · 2026 More than 30 years ago, when discussion of the East Asian miracle was still in vogue, the authors of this book, drawing on their research into China's…
The Future Possibilities of the Chinese Economy cover
Rating 3.9
The Future Possibilities of the Chinese Economy Cai Fang Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2025 This book is a collection of scholarly essays that combines academic depth with considerable readability. Comprising ten articles, it presents the aut…
Behind the China Miracle: The Logic and Theory of Reform (OWN Series) cover
Rating 4.3
Behind the China Miracle: The Logic and Theory of Reform (OWN Series) Cai Fang Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2022 In September 2018, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Shanghai Academy, and Shanghai University jointly hosted the National High-End Think Ta…
The New Development Pattern of the 14th Five-Year Plan: China's Economy Moves Steadily and Far (10-Volume Set) cover
The New Development Pattern of the 14th Five-Year Plan: China's Economy Moves Steadily and Far (10-Volume Set) Liu Shijin / Fan Gang / Huang Qifan / Cai Fang / 王昌林 / Zheng Yujie / Cao Zhongxiong / Fu Ying / Yan Xuetong / 滕泰 CITIC Press · 2021 The New Development Pattern of the 14th Five-Year Plan: China's Economy Moves Steadily and Far is a ten-volume boxed set collecting independent works …
own Series: Success and Wealth cover
own Series: Success and Wealth 尼克·巴蒂亚 / Song Jingsheng / Li Juan / Lai Desheng / 黄英伟 / 袁为鹏 / Cai Fang / Kan Zhidong / 王小鲁 / 辛乔利 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2021 own Series: Success and Wealth is a nine-volume themed series published by Social Sciences Academic Press in 2021. Organized around the two keywords "…
2020: Understanding China's Development Through Data (Blue Book of the Economy + Blue Book of Society) cover
2020: Understanding China's Development Through Data (Blue Book of the Economy + Blue Book of Society) 谢伏瞻 / Cai Fang / 李雪松 / Li Peilin / 陈光金 / 王春光 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2019 This volume combines two annual authoritative reports from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: the Blue Book of the Economy: Analysis and Forecast…
The "Humble" Are the Wisest cover
Rating 4.0
The "Humble" Are the Wisest Cai Fang Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018 This book is a collection of economics essays by Cai Fang, informal short pieces written alongside his academic research. The style is lively and the …
New Sources of China's Economic Growth (Volume 1: Reform, Resources and Energy, and Climate Change) cover
Rating 4.0
New Sources of China's Economic Growth (Volume 1: Reform, Resources and Energy, and Climate Change) 宋立刚 / 郜若素 / Cai Fang / 江诗伦 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018 Against the backdrop of China's economic slowdown in recent years, this book approaches from the supply side and explores how China can activate new s…

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CITIC PressTruth & Wisdom PressSocial Sciences Academic Press (SSAP)