Council of scientific advisors
Dr. Jintao Xu
Professor of Natural Resource Economics, National School of Development, Peking University
Chair, Department of Environmental Management, National School of Development, Peking University
Jintao Xu is professor of natural resource economics and Chair, Department of Environmental Management at the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, as well as professor of economics (joint appointment) at National School of Development, Peking University. His research field ranges from forest tenure and regulatory reform, forest carbon and water resources, to valuation of industrial performance under environmental regulation. His papers were published in such journals as Environmental Design and Development Economics, AJAE, World Development, Land Economics, and Ecological Economics. Currently he serves as senior editor for the journal “Regional Environmental Change” and associate editor for “Environment and Development Economics.”
Jintao Xu also heads the Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC) based at Peking University, one of the six world centers sponsored by SIDA. With EEPC he is building capacity to conduct rigorous economic analysis into China’s environmental and natural resource policies.
Jintao Xu received his master of economics degree in 1996 and Ph. D. in natural resource economics in 1999, both at Virginia Tech. In 1988 he received a master of agricultural sciences in forest economics at Beijing Forestry University. In 1984 he received a bachelor of engineering degree at Jilin University of Technology.