Interview with students:

14:00-17:00, Thursday 

Job title:

Professor and Chair of the Department of Risk Management and Insurance 

Telephone:

8610-62752058, 62767308 

E-mail:

wzheng@pku.edu.cn 

Fax:

8610-62767308 

Address:

School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China 

Education background:

1999-2003 Ph.D. in Economics, Peking University, School of Economics, Finance.
1995-1998 Master in Economics, Peking University, School of Economics, International Finance.
1990-1995 Bachelor in Economics, Peking University, School of Economics, International Economics. 

Work experience:

08/2012-present Professor, School of Economics, Peking University
08/2004-07/2012 Associate Professor, School of Economics, Peking University
07/1998-07/2004 Assistant professor, School of Economics, Peking University
09/2010-present Chair, Department, Risk Management and Insurance
11/2003-09/2010 Vice Chair, Department of Risk Management and Insurance
03/1999-11/2003 Chair Assistant, Department of Risk Management and Insurance
09/2003-present Secretary General of China Center for Insurance and Social Security Research(CCISSR), Peking University

*SOCIAL SERVICES
Member of Editorial Board, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice.
Member of Editorial Board, Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance (APJRI).
Member, Critical Decision-making Consulting Committee, China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC).
Deputy Secretary General and member of the Board of Directors, Insurance Society of China.
Member of the Board of Directors, China Association of Social Security.
Member of the Board of Directors, China Social Insurance Association.
Member of the Board of Directors, China Insurance Law Research Institute.
Member, Expert Evaluation Committee of China Central Government Procurement. 

Research interests:

Population aging and pension system
Social security reform
International comparison of insurance markets
Insurance Regulation
Insurance and Poverty Reduction 

Teaching:

Principles of Insurance
Social Insurance Theory and Practice
Insurance Law and Regulation 

Publications:

JOURNAL PAPERS
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. “The Development and Regulation of the Insurance Industry”. China Finance. No. 2, January 2017.
Wei Zheng. "Analysis on the Reverse Mortgage Pension Annuity". China Finance. No.23, 2016.
Zhixiang Geng, Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. "Population Aging, Asset Price and Asset Accumulation". Economic Research Journal. No.9, 2016.
Qixiang Sun, Lingyan Suo and Wei Zheng. "On the Coordinated Development of Social Security under the New Situation". Journal of the Party School of the Central Committee of the C.P.C.. No.4, 2016.
Wei Zheng. "Some Thoughts on the Construction of Health Insurance Law". China Health Insurance. No.4, 2016.
Wei Zheng, Yun Qin, Jinjie Guo and Dandan Zhou. "Issues and Reform Direction of China's Pension System". Reform Internal Reference. No.6, 2016.
Wei Zheng. "Review on the Reform and Development of China's Insurance Industry". China Finance. No.2, 2016.
Wei Zheng. "Development Goal and Basic Principles of China's Private Pension". China Insurance. No.10, 2015.
Wei Zheng. "Towards Full Implementation of the Critical Disease Insurance". China Finance. No.16, 2015.
Qixiang Sun, Lingyan Suo and Wei Zheng. "The Government and the Market in Social Security System: A Discuss about China’s PPP-Oriented Reform". Journal of Peking University (Philosophy and Social Sciences). No.3, 2015.
Wei Zheng. "Reflections on the Voluntary Auto Insurance Reform". China Finance. No.8, 2015.
Wei Zheng. "Reflections on the Pension System and Individual Account". Reform Internal Reference. No.10, 2015.
Wei Zheng. " The TSP Plan of the United States and Its Implications for Occupational Annuity of China's Government and Public Institutions". Comparative Economic & Social Systems. No.1, 2015.
Xiaowei He and Wei Zheng. "Occupational Pension for Public Sector: Feasibility Analysis and System Design". Journal of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics. No.5, 2014.
Wei Zheng, Shanjun Lin and Kai Chen. "Characteristics and Trend of Population Aging in China and Its Potential Impact on Economic Growth". Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics. No.8, 2014.
Wei Zheng and Weina Qi. "The Process of the Game between Human and Risk". China Finance. No.16, 2014.
Shanjun Lin and Wei Zheng. "The Business Model of Auto Extended Warranty Market". China Finance. No.10, 2014.
Qixiang Sun, Lingyan Suo and Wei Zheng. "International Experience of Social Equal Protection System Construction under the Urbanization Background and Its Implications". Journal of the Party School of the Central Committee of the C.P.C.. No.2, 2014.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. "Financial Crisis and Insurance Regulation". China Finance. No.1, 2014.
Qixiang Sun, Guojun Wang and Wei Zheng. "The Future Development Strategy and Policy Suggestions for China's Pension Annuity Market: 2013-2023". Journal of Audit & Economics. No.5, 2013.
Wei Zheng. "Thoughts on Moving Forward Critical Disease Insurance". Macroeconomic Management. No.3, 2013.
Wei Zheng. "Insurance, Social Management Innovation and Market Economy". China Finance. No.23, 2012.
Qixiang Sun, Xiaowei He and Wei Zheng. "Analysis and Evaluation of Foreign Insurers' Business Strategy during China's First Decade in the WTO". International Business. No.5, 2012.
Qixiang Sun, Lingyan Suo and Wei Zheng. "Evaluation and Outlook of the Opening of China's Insurance Industry". China Finance. No.13, 2012.
Wei Zheng. "International Experience of Agriculture Insurance and Its Implications". China Finance. No.8, 2012.
Wei Zheng. "Insurance Consumer Right Protection: Mechanism Framework, International Experience and Policy Suggestions". Insurance Studies. No.3, 2012.
Qixiang Sun, Guojun Wang and Wei Zheng. "Important Issues and Policy Selection of the Opening of China's Insurance Market: 2012-2020". Insurance Studies. No.2, 2012.
Wei Zheng and Yongdong Liu. "Comparison of China's Provincial Life Insurance Markets: 1998-2010". Insurance Studies. No.10, 2011.
Qixiang Sun, Lingyan Suo and Wei Zheng. "Comprehensive Risk Management: New Issues for the 12th Five-year Period". Insurance Studies. No.6, 2011.
Qixiang Sun, Wei Zheng and Zhiguang Xiao. "Insurance Cycle and Business Cycle: China Case and International Comparison". Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics. No.3, 2011.
Wei Zheng. "The Social Security Reform in the 12th Five-year Period: Framework, Rationale and Dilemmas". China Economy. No.1, 2011.
Wei Zheng, Yongdong Liu and Yiting Deng. "Insurance Growth Level, Structure and Influencing Factors: An International Comparison Perspective". Economic Research Journal. No.8, 2010.
Wei Zheng and Xinzhao Yuan. "NDC and China's Pension Reform: Path Choice and Challenges". Comparative Economic & Social Systems. No.2, 2010.
Qixiang Sun, Wei Zheng, Lingyan Suo and Xiaowei He. "Impact of Market Economy on Insurance Development: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence". Journal of Financial Research. No.2, 2010.
Wei Zheng. "The Core Function of Financial and Insurance Group Should be Resource Integration". China Finance. No.23, 2009.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. "Insurance and Market Economy: Six Basic Rationales". Insurance Studies. No.7, 2009.
Wei Zheng. "What to Rely on for Old-age Protection: China Pension Reform Perspective". China Economy. No.7, 2009.
Qixiang Sun, Lingyan Suo, Wei Zheng and Zhiguang Xiao. "Thirty-year Reform and Opening: Review on the Insurance Evolution and Development Path". Finance and Trade Economics. No.2, 2009.
Wei Zheng, Yongdong Liu and Yiting Deng. “New Comparison of International Insurance Growth Levels”. Insurance Studies. No.1, 2009.
Wei Zheng, Yongdong Liu and Yiting Deng. “A Comparative Study of International Insurance Markets”. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, No.1, 2009.
Qixiang Sun, Wei Zheng and Zhiguang Xiao. “Insurance and American Financial Crisis: Role and Reflections”. Insurance Studies. No.11, 2008.
Wei Zheng and Yongdong Liu. “Comparison of China’s Regional Insurance Development: Based on Benchmark Ratio of Insurance Penetration”. Economic Science. No.5, 2008.
Wei Zheng, Yongdong Liu and Gerry Dickinson. “The Chinese Insurance Market: Estimating its Long-Term Growth and Size”. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, No.3, 2008.
Wei Zheng. “Earthquake Insurance: International Experiences and China Solutions”. Insurance Studies. No.6, 2008.
Qixiang Sun, Xinli Liu and Wei Zheng. “Ten Rationales for the Healthy Development of Insurance Industry”. China Finance. No. 22, 2007.
Wei Zheng. “Reflections on the Dilemma of China Rural Social Security System”. Insurance Studies. No.11, 2007.
Qixiang Sun, Junsheng Zhu, Wei Zheng and Mingqiang Li. “China Medical Security System Reform: Three-Pillar Framework for Universal Coverage”. Economic Science. No.5, 2007.
Wei Zheng and Yonddong Liu. “A Mid-and-Long-Term Growth Potential Analysis of China’s Insurance Industry”. Journal of Peking University (Philosophy & Social Sciences). No.5, 2007.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. “A Reflection on the ‘Catch-up-with-and-surpass Development Model’ and the Construction of a New Model”. Insurance Studies. No.10, 2006.
Wei Zheng. “A Comparison of Stasupervisory Exclusions in Cross-strait Insurance Laws”. Insurance Studies. No.8, 2006.
Weina Qi and Wei Zheng. “China’s Pension Reform: Key Issues and Solutions”. Economic Research Reference. No.13, 2006.
Wei Zheng. “Research on the Relationship between Insurance, Social Security and Economic and Social Development”. Insurance Studies. No.5, 2006.
Wei Zheng. “Pension System Reform: Rules, Direction and Issues”. Market and Population Analysis. No.2, 2006.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. “China’s Insurance Industry: Dual Roles, Institutional Responsibility and Challenges”. Insurance Studies. No.7, 2005.
Wei Zheng. “A Comparative Welfare Analysis of Social Security System Selection”. Asia Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance. June 2005.
Qixiang Sun, Wei Zheng, Haitao Li and Lingyan Suo. “China’s Catastrophe Risk Management: The Role of Reinsurance”. Finance and Trade Economics. No.9, 2004.
Qixiang Sun, Liming Sun and Wei Zheng. “Establish Individual Economic Security System”. Tribune of Study. No.9, 2004.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. “Economic Reflections on the Evolution of Insurance Regulation Rationales”. Economic Review. No.3, 2004.
Wei Zheng and Qixiang Sun. “Economic Effects of China’s Social Pension System Reform”. Economic Research Journal. No.10, 2003.
Wei Zheng and Qixiang Sun. “Reflections on SARS Insurance”. China Insurance. No.7, 2003.
Wei Zheng. “A Comparative Economic Welfare Analysis of Pension System Selection”. Economic Science. No.3, 2002.
Wei Zheng and Qixiang Sun. “Background and Development Trend of Bancassurance”. Finance and Trade Economics. No.5, 2001.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. “Insurance Securitization: Experience and Implication”. China Finance Information. No.4, 2001.
Wei Zheng and Qixiang Sun. “On the Risk and Risk Management of Insurance Investment”. Insurance Studies. No.3, 2001.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. “Insurance Regulation: Theory and Practice”. Economic Affairs. No.3, 2001.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. “Do not Overshoot for China’s Life Insurance Industry”. Reform Internal Reference. No.15, 1999.

*BOOKS/CHAPTERS
Wei Zheng. "Overview of China's Insurance Market 2015". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). China Insurance Market Report 2016. Peking University Press. 2016.
Wei Zheng. "Overview of China's Insurance Market 2014". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). China Insurance Market Report 2015. Peking University Press. 2015.
Wei Zheng. "Overview of China's Insurance Market 2013". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). China Insurance Market Report 2014. Peking University Press. 2014.
Wei Zheng, Kai Chen and Shanjun Lin. "Impact of Population Aging on China's Pension System and Policy Suggestions". in State Council Census Office (eds.). China's Population in the Development: Paper Collections of the 2010 National Census Research. China Statistics Press. 2014.
Wei Zheng. "Overview of China's Insurance Market 2012". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). China Insurance Market Report 2013. Peking University Press. 2013.
Wei Zheng. "China's Pension Annuity Market: New Environment Calls for New Solutions". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). China’s Pension Annuity Market: Current Development, International Experience and Future Strategy. Economic Science Press. 2013.
Wei Zheng. "Overview of China's Insurance Market 2011". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). China Insurance Market Report 2012. Peking University Press. 2012.
Wei Zheng. "One Decade in WTO and the Opening-up of China’s Insurance Industry: Five Rationales". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). One Decade in WTO and the Opening-up of China’s Insurance Industry: Theory, Evaluation and Policy Options. Economic Science Press. 2011.
Wei Zheng. Research on the Development of China’s Insurance Industry. Economic Science Press. 2011.
Wei Zheng, Zhihui Yu and Shanjun Lin. "Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in the Insurance Markets". in Hualin Wei, Minglai Zhu and Ling Tian (eds.). Insurance Economics. Higher Education Press. 2011.
Wei Zheng. "China’s Insurance Regulation: Framework, Issues and Prospects ". in Patrick M. Liedtke and Jan Monkiewicz (eds.). The Future of Insurance Regulation and Supervision. Palgrave Macmillan. 2011.
Wei Zheng. "Commercial Health Insurance and China’s Healthcare Reform: Five Basic Rationales". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). Commercial Health Insurance and China’s Healthcare Reform: A Theoretical, International and Strategic Perspective. Economic Science Press. 2010.
Wei Zheng. "Insurance and the Market Economy: Six Basic Rationales". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). Insurance and the Market Economy: A Historical, Theoretical and Empirical Study. Economic Science Press. 2009.
Wei Zheng. "The Development of China’s Insurance Industry in the Context of Financial Integration: Six Basic Rationales". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). The Development of China’s Insurance Industry in the Context of Financial Integration: An Economics Analysis. Economic Science Press. 2008.
Wei Zheng. "China's Insurance Solvency Regulation: Five Basic Rationales". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). Solvency II and Its Implications for China. Economic Science Press. 2008.
Wei Zheng, Jiaqi Wu, Xinzhao Yuan, Jing Feng and Qi Zhang. "Risk and Risk Management of Opening Up". in Qixiang Sun and Xinyu Li (eds.). Risk Management Research of China Market Economy. China Finance Press. 2008.
Qixiang Sun, Xinli Liu and Wei Zheng. "Ten Rationales for China's Insurance Industry Development". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). China Insurance Industry: An Economic and Social Development Perspective. Economic Science Press. 2007.
Wei Zheng. "Analysis on the Mid-and-long Term Growth Potential of China's Insurance Industry". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). China Insurance Industry: An Economic and Social Development Perspective. Economic Science Press. 2007.
Wei Zheng. "China’s Insurance Industry: Reform, Opening and Development". in Trade and Development Aspects of Insurance Services and Regulatory Frameworks. UNCTAD. 2007.
Qixiang Sun, Lingyan Suo and Wei Zheng. "China’s Insurance Industry: Developments and Prospects". in David Cummins and Bertrand Venard (eds.). Handbook of International Insurance. Springer. 2007.
Wei Zheng, Chunyan Zhang and Kai Cheng. "Innovation Report of China’s Insurance Market in 2006". in Ruyan Yang, Hui Meng and Biao Jia (eds.). China Financial Tool Innovation Report 2007. China Finance Press. 2007.
Wei Zheng, Tao Liu and Qingju Luo. "The Institutional Change of China’s Economy and Its Impact on Insurance". in Qixiang Sun and Xiaodong Yu (eds.). China’s Insurance Industry in the Institutional Change: Risk and Risk Management Solutions. Peking University Press. 2007.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. "China’s Insurance Industry: Dual Roles, Institutional Responsibility and Challenges". in Qixiang Sun and Xiaodong Yu (eds.). China’s Insurance Industry in the Institutional Change: Risk and Risk Management Solutions. Peking University Press. 2007.
Wei Zheng. China’s Social Pension System: Institutional Change and Economic Effects. Peking University Press. 2005.
Wei Zheng. "Overview of China's Social Security System". in Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng (eds.). China’s Social Security System Study: Social Insurance Reform and Private Insurance Development. China Finance Press. 2005.
Qixiang Sun, Wei Zheng, etc. "Systematic Financial Crisis and China Economic Security". in Kai Ma (eds.). The Eleventh Five-Year Plan Strategic Research. Beijing Science and Technology Press. 2005.
Wei Zheng. "The Development, Conflict and Prospects of China’s Investment-linked Insurance Market". in Insurance Institute of Beijing (eds.). China Insurance Frontier Issue Research. China Finance Press. 2003.
Qixiang Sun and Wei Zheng. "China’s Insurance Industry in the 21st Century: Theory and Practice". in Yang Li, Guogang Wang and Dexu He (eds.). Frontier of the Theoretical Development of China: Finance. Social Science Literature Press. 2001.
Qixiang Sun, Ben Ben and Wei Zheng. "Property Insurance". in Yongwei Ma (eds.). Reading Book of Insurance. China Finance Press. 2000.