Li Shi

Professor Li Shi graduated from Nanjing University’s Department of Economics, and in 1984 obtained his Master's degree from Peking University’s School of Economics. From 1985 to 2005, Professor Li worked at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of Economics. Since August 2005, he has been a Professor and Doctoral supervisor at Beijing Normal University’s Business School. During his career, Professor Li has founded multiple high-end think tanks such as the China Institute for Income Distribution, the Center for Policy Simulation, the China Center for the Economics of Human Development and more, which have supported the development of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics as well as income distribution theory, and provided important theoretical basis and intellectual support for the major national decision-making strategies. Professor Li’s main research fields include development economics and labor economics, with income distribution, public policy, poverty and labor market being the focus of his research in recent years.

Over the past 30 years, Professor Li has devoted himself to the research of income distribution and has achieved fruitful academic results. He has won the eighth 'China Economic Theory Innovation Award' (the highest award of theoretical economics in China) and has won the 'Sun Yefang Economics Award' in 1994, 2010 and 2017. He has also been honorarily referred to as 'Mr. Chinese Income Distribution' by global academia. Professor Li and his team attached great importance to serving Chinese society through academic achievements, and has had their Policy Consultation Report approved by national leaders many times. Professor Li is also a member of the leading group for poverty alleviation and development experts advisory committee of the State Council and the expert advisory committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

教育部“长江学者”特聘教授，浙江大学文科资深教授，共享与发展研究院院长，公共管理学院教授，北京师范大学中国收入分配研究院院长。先后任北京师范大学经济与工商管理学院教授，博士生导师，人才发展经济学研究中心主任，中国社会科学院研究员、教授，国务院扶贫开发领导小组专家咨询委员会委员、人力资源与社会保障部专家咨询委员会委员，农业部专家咨询委员会委员等职务。荣获“全国扶贫开发先进个人”称号，2018年“全国扶贫攻坚创新奖”。主要研究方向：发展经济学、劳动经济学。

30余年来致力于收入分配和贫困领域的研究，发表中英文论文200余篇，论著20多部。获第八届“中国经济学理论创新奖”、三获“孙冶方经济学奖”、2010年“张培刚发展经济学奖”。