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CHEN Ling

Ph.D., Professor

Director, Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua University

Email: chenling@tsinghua.edu.cn

Tel:+86-10-62788871

Professor Ling Chen received her PhD in Public Administration from Tsinghua University in 2005 and is currently a tenured professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University. She serves as the director of the Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance at Tsinghua University, the deputy director of the Climate Governance and Carbon Finance Research Center of the Carbon Neutral Institute at Tsinghua University, a researcher of the China Science and Technology Policy Research Center of Tsinghua University, and a researcher of the Institute of National Governance and Global Governance of Tsinghua University.

Professor Ling Chen has published more than 60 papers in Chinese and English so far, and 4 monographs. Her representative works have been published in top domestic and foreign journals such as Nature, Research Policy, Management World, and Political Science Research. She also serves as the chief expert for major national social science projects, presides over a number of national fund projects, and undertakes more than 30 domestic and foreign projects. He has won the first prize of the 17th Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Ministry of Education’s “National First-Class Undergraduate Online Course” and other honors.

Her main social adjunct appointments include director of the 8th Board of Directors of the China Association for Science and Technology Policy, member of the Dual-Carbon Industry Cooperation Branch of the China Energy Research Association, member of the Intelligent Decision-making Branch of the Chinese Society of Management Science and Engineering, and a member of the editorial board of Public Management Review and China Economic Research.

Fields of Interests：Industrial Development, Industrial Innovation Policies, Science and Technology Policies, Policy Process Studies.
Courses Taught：Public Policy Analysis, Public Policy II, Industrial Development and Governance, Qualitative research Method II, Public Policy Theory and Practice Frontiers.

Papers in English

1. Chen, L., & Xie, M. (2023). How do hard regimes absorb, overlap, and squeeze out soft regimes? Insights from global carbon markets. Global Public Policy and Governance, 3(1), 60–85.

2. Chen, L., & Chulu, B. (2022). Complementary institutions of industrial policy: a quasi-market role of government inspired by the evolutionary China Model. Third World Quarterly, 1-16.

3. Silke Niehoff*, Marcel Matthess, Claudia Zwar, Stefanie Kunkel, Ting Guan, Ling Chen, Bing Xue, David Iubel de Oliveira Pereira Grudzien, Edson Pinheiro de Lima, Grischa Beier. Sustainability related impacts of digitalisation on cooperation in global value chains: An exploratory study comparing companies in China, Brazil and Germany, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 379, Part 2, 2022, 134606.

4. Grischa Beier*, Marcel Matthess, Ting Guan, David Iubel de Oliveira Pereira Grudzien, Bing Xue, Edson Pinheiro de Lima, Ling Chen. Impact of Industry 4.0 on corporate environmental sustainability: Comparing practitioners’ perceptions from China, Brazil and Germany, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Volume 31, 2022, Pages 287-300.

5. Beier, G*; Matthess, M; Shuttleworth, L; Guan, T; Grudzien, DIDP; Xue, B; De Lima, EP; Chen, L.. Implications of Industry 4.0 on industrial employment: A comparative survey from Brazilian, Chinese, and German practitioners Technology In Society, 2022.8 Volume:70, 102028

6. Chen, Ling, Yang, Wenhui.(2019).R&D tax credits and firm innovation: Evidence from China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol.146: 233-241.

7. Chen, L., Naughton, B. (2017). A Dynamic China Model: The Co-Evolution of Economics and Politics in China. Journal of Contemporary China, 26 (103): 18-34.

8. Chen, L., Naughton, B. (2016). An Institutionalized Policy-making Mechanism: China’s Return to Techno-Industrial Policy, Research Policy, 45 (10): 2138-2152.

9. Yang, W.H., Chen, L. (2016). Political Capital and Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from Elite College Admissions in China, Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2 (2): 194-213.

10. Xue, L., Chen, L. (2014). “China”, Currie-Alder, B., Kanbur, R., Malone, D. M., & Medhora, R. (Eds.). International development: ideas, experience, and prospects. Oxford University Press, pp.551-666.

11. Chi, Cheryl S.F., Chen, L. (2012). The Sources of Divergent Practices in China's Nuclear Power Sector, Energy Policy, 48(9): 348-357.

12. Chen, L., Xue, L. (2010). Global Production Network and the Upgrading of China’s Integrated Circuit Industry, China and World Economy, 18(6): 109-126.

13. Chen, L., Zhang, G. (2008). China: How One Child Was Deemed Enough. Nature, Vol. 454: pp403-404.

14. Chen, L.(2008). Bureaucratic System and Negotiation Network: A Theoretical Framework for China’s industrial Policy, at OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: CHINA. Paris: OECD Press, pp595-611.

15. Ferrantino, Michael J., Koopman, Robert, Wang, Zhi, Yinug, Falan, Chen, L., Qu, Fengjie and Wang, Haifeng, “Classification and Statistical Reconciliation of Trade in Advanced Technology Products: The Case of China and the United States”, (May 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1132748

International Conference Papers

1. Chen, L.. “Digital Public Infrastructure: Dos, Don’ts and comparative study”, the Joint Workshop of SPPM Tsinghua and Oxford University, Beijing, Demeber 14, 2023

2. Chen, L.. “The Dynamic Co-evolution of Disruptive Technologies and Regulatory Politics: Evidence from Fintech Industry in China”, the 8th Asia Pacific Public Policy Network Conference (AP-PPN), Hong Kong, June 1-2, 2023.

3. Chen，L.. “Embedding Decentralization in the Hierarchy: A case Study on Blockchain-based Loval Government in China”, The American Society for Public Administration Annual Meeting, March 24, 2023

4. Chen, L.. “Innovation For Sustainability: Research on Innovation and entrepreneurship in UK and China September”, Side meeting of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), Egypt/Online, December, 2022.

5. Chen, L.. “Moving towards ‘Zero Carbon’ Manufacturing”, Beijing, APEC China Forum, November 3, 2022.

6. Chen, L.. “The Fuzzy Decision-making Model under Uncertainty: The Policy Process for Giant Infrastructure Projects in China, Duke Kunshan University, April 21, 2017. And also present at the Annual Conference of American Political Science Association (APSA), San Francisco, CA, August 31-Sep.3.2017.

7. Chen, L., Naughton J.B.. “A Dynamic China Model 2.0: Co-evolution of Economics and Politics”, presented in the conference on “Has China Found a Unique Path of Modernization? (The China Model Revisited)”, at University of Denver, May 1, 2015, and at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Dec. 16, 2015.

8. Chen, L.. “The Decision-making Process of the Giant Infrastructure Projects in China”, first presented at Berlin, Jan 21-22, 2015, and second in Brown University, August 22-23, 2015, and third in Tsinghua University, Beijing, October 22, 2015.

9. Chen, L.. “The Informal Coordination Process of China’s Science and Technology Policy-Making: A Case Study of the Science and Education Leadership Small Group”, conference on the Structure, Process, and Leadership of the Chinese Science and Technology System, University of California, San Diego, July 16-17, 2012.

10. Chen, L., Naughton, J.B.. “The Emergence of Chinese Techno-industrial Policy: Prom Indigenous Innovation to Strategic Emerging Industries, 2003-2011”, Conference on the Political Economy of China’s Technology and Innovation Policies, La Jolla, California, June 27-28, 2011.

11. Chen, L., Zhao, J., & Xue, L. “Pick-winner or Mixed together? The Policy-making Process and Accountability of China’s Healthcare Reform”. 71st Annual Conference of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), San Jose, California, April 9 - 13, 2010.

12. Chen, L., Lin, Z.L., & Xue, L. “Dual Incentive Model and Policy Implementation: How do local governments promote the New Energy Car Industry in China?”. Conference on Chinese Approaches to National Innovation, University of California, San Diego, California, June 28 - 29, 2010.

13. Chen, L., Xue, L.. “The Position of China’s Advanced Technology Industries in International Division of Labor and Its Upgrading Strategy: A Case Study on IC Industry”, Joint Symposium of U.S.-China Advanced Technology Trade and Industrial Development, Beijing, China, October 23-24, 2009.

Papers in Chinese

1. Chen, L., Li, X., Sun, J. Indicator System for Global Innovation Hubs. Science of Science and Management of S.& T. 2023, 44(7): 62-74.

2. Chen, L., Wang, X. F., Guan, T., Xue, B. Digital Transformation Path of Manufacturing Enterprises: from Internal Transformation to External Empowerment. Science Research Management, 2023, 44(7): 11-22.

3. Chen, L., Wang, X. F.*, Fu, Y. H. The Autonomy of Manufacturing Enterprises and the Path of Digital transformation: A Study on the Linkage Effect Based on QCA Method. Studies in Science of Science, online, DOI：10.16192/j.cnki.1003-2053.20230413.002.

4. Chen, L., Sun, J. (2023). Trans-governmental Normative Orders: A Chinese Policy Process Theory in the Global Age. Journal of Public Administration, 2023, 16(1): 144-160+199-200.

5. Chen, L., Kong W. H. (2022). Trust, Institutionalization and Scientific Uncertainty: Expert Participation in COVID-19 Crisis Decision-making. CASS Journal of Political Science, 165(4): 119-132+159-160.

6. Chen, L. (2022). Information, Rules and Discretion: Public Policy-making under Uncertainty. Journal of Social Sciences, 502(6): 94-105.

7. Chen, L., Fu, Y. H. (2022). Symbolic Priority Theory and Incentive Mechanism of State-owned Enterprises: a Exploratory Research Based on the History of Reform. Comparison, (122): 226-257.

8. Bu, H. C. L., Chen, L.* (2022). Digital Innovation Ecosystem: Concept, Structure and Operating Mechanism. Forum on Science and Technology in China, 317(9): 54-62.

9. Chen, L., Sun, J., Li, X. (2022). Evaluating the Digital Economy: Theoretical Perspective and Framework Construction.E- Government, 231(3):40-53.

10. Chen, L., Wang, J. H., Li, Y. (2022). Analysis on the Distribution Pattern of Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents and the Current Situation of Talents in China. Modern Science, (11): 35-44.

11. Chen, L., Sun, J., Xue, L. International Experience and Chinese Exploration of Algorithm Fairness and Algorithm Governance. China Reform, 423(3): 54-58.

12. Chen, L. (2022). Digital Trust and Technological Orders: Reshaping the Trust in the Age of Intelligence. Decoration, 345(1): 22-25.

13. Li, X., Chen, L.* (2022). How can collaborative governance in emerging industries be achieved——Taking shared bicycle parking management as an example. E- Government, 235(7): 113-124.

14. Bu, H. C. L., Chen, L.* (2021). Industrial Policy in the Digital Age: A Case Study of Constructing New Infrastructure. Forum on Science and Technology in China, 305(9):31-41.

15. Xie, M. X., Chen, L.* (2021). Does Campaign-style Enforcement Reduce the Quality of Environmental Information Disclosures?——Empirical Evidence and a Theoretical Explanation. China Public Administration Review, 3(2): 86-104.

16. Yang, Y., Chen, L., Xue, L. (2021). Top Design and Strategy Selection of Blue Carbon Market Construction in China. China population, resources and environment, 31(9):92-103.

17. Xue, L., Yang Y., Chen, L., Dong, Y., Huang, H.L. (2020). Strategy of the Legislation of Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development. China Population,Resources and Environment, 30(12):1-7.

18. Yang, Y.，Li, Y., Chen, L*. (2020). Telling a Good‘Yellow River Story’: Innovative Protection Logic of the Yellow River Culture. China Population,Resources and Environment, 30(12):8-16.

19. Yang Y., Chen L., Xue L. (2020). Looking for a Chinese Solution to Global Problems:the Situation and Countermeasures of Marine Plastic Waste and Microplastics Pollution Governance System in China. China Population,Resources and Environment, 30(10):45-52.

20. Wang R. H.，Li, Z. C.，Han, T. M.，Chen, L. (2020). The Agile Regulatory Model of Platform Economics——A Case Study of Online Ride-hailing Industry. Forum on Science and Technology in China, 294(10):84-92.

21. Chen, L. (2017). How to Cope with Deep Uncertainty in Industrial Policy Decision. Exploration and Free Views, 2017(2): 70-76.

22. Chen, L., Yang, W. H. (2017). Is the Tax Deduction Policy Effective. Scientific Research Management, Accepted.

23. Jiang, L. F., Luo, J., & Chen, L. (2016). Research on the Construction of Social Legitimacy by Local Governments in Decision-Making: Based on Case Studies of Environmental Group Events. China Public Administration Review, 23(3): 51-68.

24. Xue, L., Chen, L., Wang, G. B., Jiang, L. F. (2016). Comparison of Industrial Innovation Ability between the U.S. and China: Based on IC Industry Expert Surveys. Scientific Research Management, 37(4):1-8.

25. Chen, L., Yang, W. H. (2016). Will Government R&D Subsidy Foster Enterprise Innovation? – The Empirical Study of Listed Companies. Studies in Science of Science, 34(3): 470-479.

26. Chen, L.; Li, L. L. (2016). Government Policy Process and the NIMBY Movement: The Triggering Mechanism of Social Stability Risk on Public Projects and Approaches to Improvement. Journal of Public Administration, 9(1): 26-38.

27. Chen, L. (2015). The Operational Mechanism and Evolution of China’s Top Level Leadership Small Groups”, in Yu, Keping, Thomas Heberer, and Bjorn Alpermann (eds.), Governance and Adaptation of the Chinese Communist Party: A Comparative Perspective, Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press, September 2015, pp. 20-47.

28. Chen, L., Yang, W. H. (2015). “Institutionalization, Decentralization and Adaptive Governance: Three Major Genres in and Theoretical Innovation of Studies on the Chinese Policy Process”, in Zheng Yongnian, Mo, Daoming and Liu, Ji (eds.) Reform: Dilemma and Way Out, Beijing: Oriental Press, September 2015, pp229-261.

29. Yang, W. H., Chen, L. (2015). Trust Relationship and Institutional Base of Community Autonomy: A Case Study of YF Community in Beijing. China Public Administration Review, 18(May): 3-16.

30. Xue, L., Lin, Z. L., Liang, Z., Chen, L., Zhou, Y., Wang, X. (2013). Enlightenment to China from the Development Trend of Global Strategic Emerging Industries, China Soft Science Magazine, 2013(5): 18-26.

31. Zhao, J., Chen, L.*, Xue, L. (2013). Role Prototype, Interests Selection and Behavior Divergence of Local Governments: A Theory of Government Based on Policy Process Study. Management World, 2013(2): 90-106. (Corresponding author)

32. Chen, L., Xue, L. (2011). Soft Implementation Constraint and Political Gaming in China’s Nuclear Power Puzzles. International Economic Review, 2011(2): 134-147.

33. Chen, L., Lin, Z. L., Xue, L. (2010). The Motivations and Strategies of Local Governments to Promote the Newly-Emerging Industry under the Dual Incentives Model. Economic Theory and Business Management, 2010(9): 50-56.

34. Chen, L., Xue, L., Zhao, J., Lin, Z. L. (2010). Decision Making In an Era of Post-Normal Science: A Case Study of the Approval Process of GM Rice in China. Studies in Science of Science, 28(9): 1282-1289. (The paper was reprinted by Xinhua Digest， 2010, No.23, pp139-141.)

35. Chen, L., Zhao, J., Xue, L. (2010). Making a Competitive Selection or a Compromise? An Explanatory Framework and a Consensus-centered Model in the Process of Policymaking in China’s Economic Transition. Management World, 2010(8): 59-72. (The paper was reprinted by Chinese Social Science Digest on December 2010 with the title of “How to Reach A Consensus: Policy Making Process and Approach” on page 106-107.)

36. Xue, L., Chen, L., (2010). Institutional Inertia and Policy Distortion: The Challenges of Transition for Practicing the Scientific Outlook on Development. Chinese Public Administration, 2010(8): 7-9.

37. Chen, L., Wang, X. D., Zhao, J. (2010). The Approach from Developmental Government to Service-Oriented Government: based on case studies of Shanghai, Suzhou and Wuxi’s returnee’s entrepreneurship policy. Journal of Public Management, 7(3): 47-51.

38. Chen, L., Xue, L. (2010). China’s High-tech Industry in the International Division of Labor and Its Industrial Upgrading Strategies: A Case Study of the IC Industry. China Soft Science, 2010(6): 36-46.

39. Chen, L. (2008). “Study on IC Industry and Related Service Industries”, in Li, Shantong and Gao, Chuansheng (eds.), Development of Producer Service Industry and Upgrading of Manufacturing Industry. Shanghai: Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore, November 2008.

40. Chen, L. (2006). The Bureaucratic System and Negotiation Network: A Theoretical Framework and Case Study. China Public Administration Review, Vol. 5: 46-62.

41. Xue, L., Chen, L. (2005). Studies on China’s Public Policy Process by Western Scholars: Perspectives and Implications”. Chinese Public Administration, 2005(7): 99-103.

42. Chen, L. (2005). Incentive System for Public Servants: on Empirical Study and Modeling. Journal of Public Management, 2(2): 87-91.

43. Chen, L., Su, J., Mao, X. (2004). Funding Pattern and Policy Research on National Science Foundation of China. Studies in Science of Science, 22(6): 583-588.

44. Xue, L., Chen, L., Dong, X. H., Yu, T.Y, Wang, B.D. (2003). Creating World-class Universities: AAU as reference. Tsinghua Journal of Education, 24(3): 18-32.

45. Su, J., Chen, L. (2004). Government-participated Strategic Technology Alliances: The Patterns of Intellectual Property Institution and Initiatives. China Soft Science, 144(Dec): 114-118.

46. Lin, M., Su, J., Zhang, Y. X., Chen, L. (2001). Technology Chain, Industry Chain and technology innovation Chain: theoretical framework and policy implications. Studies in Science of Science, 19(4): 28-31.

47. Feng, C. L., Chen, L. (2000). WTO and the Green Trade Barriers. Science of Science and Sci-Tech Management, 21(11): 31-33.

Books in Chinese

1. Chen, L., Xue, L., & Jiang, L. (2023) Measuring Industrial Sustainability: Evidence and Trends of Asia Pacific Cities. Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House.

2. Yang, Y., Chen, L., & Xue, L. (2022). Towards Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutralization: Goals, Paths and Actions. Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House.

3. Chen, L., Xue, L., &Li, F. (2021). Measuring Global Science and Technology Innovation Centers - Indicators, Methods, and Results. Beijing: Social Science Literature Press.

4. Chen, L. (2011). Institutions, Elites and Consensus: An Explanation Framework in the Chinese Policy Process. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press.

Research reports and public media

1. Interviewed by Nature，”Charting the global innovation landscape”, see:

https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23419811

1. Interview by the Paper News（澎湃新闻）, How to View Industrial Policy Disputes and the Future of the Digital Economy. June 12, 2023 The "Dialogue with Scholars" column, see：

https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23419811

2. Chen, L. Gathering Global Resources for Innovative Development, People's Daily, May 24, 2022, pp18.

3. Chen, L. etc. The Global Innovation Hubs Index Report 2020, 2021, 2022,2023, published on the official website of Nature.[2022 report link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-022-00486-3;

2021 report link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-021-00579-5; 2020 report link:

https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d42473-020-00535-9/d42473-020-00535-9.pdf]

4. Chen, L. etc. Asia Pacific Sustainability Index (2023,2022), published on the official website of Science. See：https://www.science.org/content/resource/asia-pacific-industrial-sustainability-index-2023

5. Chen, L. etc.. Assessment Report on National and Regional Scientific and Technological Innovation Capacity. China Association for Science and Technology. Consulting Report, March 2022

6. Chen, L., Li, S. S., Cheng, Z., Yang, Y. Research on the Management of International Large Science Program Organizations. Consulting Report of Tsinghua University Research Institute, December 2022

7. Chen, L., Xue, L. Enhancing the Resilience of the Data Service System for Scientific and Technological Papers and Promoting the Reform of the International Academic Publishing Ecology. Policy Report of High end Think Tanks, July 2022.

8. Xue, L., Chen, L., Yu, C., et al. Improving the Coordination Mechanism of Ecological Civilization and Promoting Collaborative Governance of Ecological Civilization. Policy Report of High end Think Tanks, November 2022

Principal Investigator

Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China, “Boundary, Mechanism, and Optimization of Government Role in a Market Oriented Innovation System”, 2019-2023;

Tsinghua University's Independent Research Project, “Research on the Cultivation of Innovative Ecosystems in the New Generation Information Technology Industry”, 2020-2022;

The Special Fund Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Rapid Risk Assessment, Decision Support, and Response Mechanism for Major Public Health Emergencies”, April 2020.

Beijing Municipal Government Department, “Research on International Science and Technology Innovation Center Index 2022”, 2022-2023.

Beijing Municipal Government Department, “Research on the Spatial Flow of Global Innovation Resources and Its Impact on Beijing and Countermeasures”, November 2022- March 2023.

Beijing Municipal Government Departments, “Research on Empowered Technology and Industrial Development in the Construction of Beijing Science and Technology Innovation Center”, June 2021-November 2021.

Beijing Municipal Government Departments, “Research on International Science and Technology Innovation Center Index 2021”, June 2021-November 2021.

Project Entrusted by Zhijiang Smart Scene Research Center, “Research on the Development of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Industry”, December 2022-June 2023.

the Environmental Defense Fund, “Research on the Development Process and Policy of Industrial Digitalization under the Background of Carbon Peeking and Neutralization”, September 2021-September 2022.

Project Entrusted by China Association for Science and Technology, “Research and Application of Evaluation Methods and Indicators for National Regional Science and Technology Innovation Capability, Project Category”, April 2022- December 2022.

National High end Think Tank - Annual Key Project, “Research on the resilience of industrial supply chains”, April 2022- June 2022.

APEC Chinese Business Council, “Asia Pacific Industrial Sustainability Index”, July 2022- December 2022.

the Environmental Defense Fund, “Research on Capacity Building and Decision Support of China's Energy Model”, 2020- 2021.

The Project entrusted by Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology. “Research on Global Innovation Hubs Index 2020”, 2020;

The National Development and Reform Commission, "International Comparison of Structural Industrial Policies and Its Implications for China", 2020;

The General Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Information and Discretion: An Ideal Model for Public Decision Mechanisms and Research on Major Infrastructure Project Decisions in China”, 2015-2018;

Key Project of the Natural Science Foundation of China, “Research on China's Public Decision Model and Modernization Path Based on Policy Practice in Several Fields” (Project Number: 71233005), Sub Project Leader, 2013-2017.

The China-US Cooperative Research Project, “Expert Survey on China-US Industrial Innovation Capacity”, 2012-2015.

Beijing Youth Talent Project, “Research on China's Policy Process”, 2013-2015.

State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, “Research on Several Key Issues of State owned Enterprise Reform”, 2014.

Ministry of Science and Technology, “Improving the Way Government Supports the Development of Emerging Industries”, 2013.

Energy Foundation, “Research on Innovation Systems and Policies in the New Energy Industry between China and the United States”, 2012-2013;

National Informationization Expert Advisory Committee, “Research on Leading Economic Transformation with Informatization”, 2013-2014.

Ministry of Science and Technology, “Research on Several Major Innovation Issues”, 2010.

National Social Science Foundation, “Empirical Research and Optimization Theory of China's Policy Making Process”, 2007-2010.

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