Yasheng Huang

Yasheng Huang (Chinese: 黄亚生) is an American professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he founded and heads the China Lab and India Lab. His research areas include human capital formation in China and India.

The native form of this personal name is Huang Yasheng. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.

Yasheng Huang
Huang at The Emerging Markets Summit, 2009
Born	Beijing, China
Other names	黄亚生
Citizenship	American
Education	B.A. (Government) Ph.D (Government)
Alma mater	Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government)
Occupation(s)	Author, economic strategist, professor
Employer(s)	MIT Sloan School of Management, Fudan University, Harvard Business School, University of Michigan
Known for	expertise on international business, political economy, and international management

Early life and education

Huang was born in Beijing, China.^[1] He moved to the United States to pursue his higher education, and enrolled for a B.A. degree program, with a major in government from Harvard College, which he completed in 1985. Upon completion, he went on to earn a Ph.D. in government from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1991.^[2]

Career

While he was preparing for his Ph.D, he worked as a World Bank consultant and associate professor at the University of Michigan from 1987 to 1989. In 1997, he joined Harvard Business School as the Associate Professor in business, government and international economics.^[3]

He is currently an Epoch Foundation (of Taiwan) professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, joined in 2003. At MIT, he founded and heads the China Lab and India Lab. His research areas include human capital formation in China and India.^[4]

Huang is a participant of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy convened by Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations.^[5] He joined Asia Society's Center for China Analysis in March 2025 as a non-resident honorary senior fellow on Chinese economy and technology.^[6]

Bibliography

Huang’s scholarly work and articles have been published in a number of economics and management journals, and publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Businessworld.^[7] He also authored / co authored books on topics – globalization and emerging markets; FDI, Investment strategies, financial liberalization in China. A selection of his books and articles, are the following:^[1]

• Books (author)

• • Huang, Yasheng (1996). Inflation and Investment Controls in China. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521554831.
  • Huang, Yasheng (1998). Fdi in China: An Asian Perspective. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789813055872.
  • Huang, Yasheng (1998). Selling China : Foreign Investment during the Reform Era. Cambridge University press. ISBN 9780521814287.
  • Saich, Tony; Steinfeld, Edward; Huang, Yasheng (2005). Financial Reform in China. Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 9789004439771.
  • Huang, Yasheng (2008). Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521898102.
  • Huang, Yasheng (2023). The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300266368.
• Articles
  • Yasheng Huang, Tarun Khanna (July 2003); Can India Overtake China?; Foreign policy
  • Yasheng Huang (July/August 2008); The Next Asian Miracle; Foreign Policy magazine;
  • Yasheng Huang (December 2008); The China Growth Fantasy; Wall Street Journal;
  • Yasheng Huang (January 2011); Rethinking the Beijing Consensus; Asia Policy;

Personal life

Huang was born in Beijing. His father Huang Gang was a commentator and report writer for the International Department of the People's Daily and a member of Chinese Communist Party (CCP). His grandfather Huang Fusheng was one of the first 50 members of the CCP. In 1981, Huang Yasheng, with his prominent family background and the friendly atmosphere between China and the United States, was admitted to Harvard University's undergraduate program. He obtained a bachelor's degree in government management in 1985. In 1991, he obtained a doctorate from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.^[8]