Professional Profile

Enrolled at Nankai University in 1992, Yang Yongheng earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics, a Master's degree in Management, and a Ph.D. in Management. In 2004, he obtained Ph.D. in Management from the City University of Hong Kong. He joined the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University as a postdoctoral researcher in 2004 and has been teaching there since 2006.

He is a recipient of the National High-Level Talent Program, and enjoys the special government allowance from the State Council. He has been selected for the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Program, the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, the National Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talents Project, and recognized as a National Young and Middle-Aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions.

Currently, he serves as the Deputy Director of the China Institute for Development Planning at Tsinghua University and the Director of the Tsinghua Research Center for Investment and Financing Policy. He is also a standing council member of the Chinese Public Administration Society, the Chinese Society of Management Modernization, and the Chinese Society of Administrative Reform, among others. Additionally, he is the Associate Editor of Public Administration Review.

Academic Research

His primary research areas include medium- and long-term strategy and planning, cultural strategy and policy, investment and financing policy, and public service management. He has led three major projects under the National Social Science Fund, as well as over 100 research projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation, National Social Science Foundation, Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the World Bank, and others.

He has published over 100 papers in academic journals such as Public Administration Review, One Earth, Public Management Review, Social Indicators Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Economic Research Journal, China Economic Quarterly, Chinese Public Administration, Journal of Management Sciences in China, Nankai Business Review, as well as in newspapers like People's Daily and Guangming Daily. He has authored four Chinese monographs and nine edited/translated works.

Selected Referred Journal Articles

· Pu Gong and Yongheng Yang*, "Organizational Strategic Stance and Perceived Public Service Performance: A Public Service Logic Perspective," Public Management Review, 2024 (Online).

· Hongshuai Wang and Yongheng Yang*, "Measuring and Monitoring Provincial Sustainable Development Goals in China," Social Indicators Research, 2024 (Online).

· Meng Jiang, Paul Behrens, Le Lyu, Zhipeng Tang, Dingjiang Chen, Yuheng Cao, Pu Gong, Wenji Zhou*, Yongheng Yang*, Arnold Tukker, Edgar Hertwich, and Bing Zhu*, "Additional North-South Differences in China Revealed by the Planetary Pressure-Adjusted Human Development Index," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2023, 198:107191.

· Meng Jiang, Paul Behrens, Yongheng Yang, Zhipeng Tang, Dingjiang Chen, Yadong Yu, Lin Liu, Pu Gong, Shengjun Zhu, Wenji Zhou*, Bing Zhu*, and Arnold Tukker, "Different Material Footprint Trends between China and the World in 2007-2012 Explained by Construction- and Manufacturing-associated Investment," One Earth, 2022, 5(1): 109–119.

· Yongheng Yang*, "Is Transparency a Double-edged Sword in Citizen Satisfaction with Public Service? Evidence from China's Healthcare Service," Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 2018, 28(4): 484–506.

· Yongheng Yang*, Yilin Hou, and Youqiang Wang, "On the Development of Public-Private Partnerships in Transitional Economies: An Explanatory Framework," Public Administration Review, 2013, 73(2): 301–310.

· Yongheng Yang*, "Adjusting for Perception Bias in Citizens' Subjective Evaluations: From a Production Function Perspective," Public Performance & Management Review, 2010, 34(1): 38–55.

· Yongheng Yang*, Yervan Hui, Lawrence C. Leung, and Gang Chen, "An Analytic Network Process Approach to the Selection of Logistics Service Providers for Air Cargo," Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2010, 61(9): 1365–1376.

· Yongheng Yang* and Angang Hu, "Investigating Regional Disparities of China's Human Development with Cluster Analysis: A Historical Perspective," Social Indicators Research, 2008, 86(3): 417–432.

Representative Research Projects (Recently Led)

· Major Project of the Marxist Theory Research and Construction Program (National Social Science Fund Major Project): "Research on the New Cultural Mission and Strategies for Building a Culturally Strong Nation," 2024.

· National Social Science Fund Major Project: "Measurement and Pathways for Enhancing National Cultural Soft Power," 2023.

· National Social Science Fund Major Project: "Compilation and Study of China's Provincial HDI Indices," 2016.

· National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars: "Decision-Making and Management of Public Service Outsourcing in China's Transition Period," 2014.

· Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Department of Policies and Regulations: "Research on Domestic and International Trends and Overall Strategies for the '15th Five-Year Plan' in Culture and Tourism Development," 2024.

· Chengdu Municipal Government Research Office: "Research on the Basic Framework and Development Goals for Chengdu's '15th Five-Year Plan'," 2024.

· Beijing Municipal Government Foreign Affairs Office: "Survey Service for the International Exchange Hub City Index Study," 2023.

· Ministry of Culture and Tourism: "Mid-Term Evaluation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's '14th Five-Year Plan' for Cultural and Tourism Development," 2023.

· National Development and Reform Commission: "Research on Key Legislative Issues for Infrastructure Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)," 2022.

· Ministry of Culture and Tourism:"Research for the Formulation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's '14th Five-Year Plan'," 2020.

· Ministry of Culture and Tourism: "Formulation of the '14th Five-Year Plan' for Cultural and Tourism Public Services," 2020.

· Ministry of Culture and Tourism "Summary and Evaluation of the '13th Five-Year Plan' for Cultural Development and Reform," 2020.

· National Intellectual Property Administration: "Analysis of Intellectual Property Tasks and Policies in Regional Economic Coordination During the '14th Five-Year Plan' Period," 2020.

Public Service

He serves as a member of the Expert Committee for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's "14th Five-Year Plan," Chairman of the National Expert Committee for Cultural and Tourism Public Services, member of the National Development and Reform Commission's Expert Committee on Service Industries, and member of the Expert Guidance Group for the National Intellectual Property Administration's "14th Five-Year Plan" formulation. He is also the Lead Expert for the National Cultural and Tourism Research Base (Tsinghua University) under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

He has been deeply involved in preliminary research tasks for China's "12th Five-Year Plan," "13th Five-Year Plan," "14th Five-Year Plan," and "15th Five-Year Plan." As a drafting team member, he has participated in the formulation and interpretation of a series of important policies, laws, and regulations in China's cultural sector