Huirong Chen
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Huirong Chen Professor
E-mail: chenhr@sjtu.edu.cn
Research Interests: Political Economy, Political Institutions, Politics of Distribution, Party Politics
Contact Information: School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China |
Education:
Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Ph.D. in Political Science (2007–2012)
Department of Political Economy, School of Government, Peking University, Master of Management (2004–2006)
Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University (formerly School of Law and Politics), Bachelor of Laws (2000–2004)
Work Experience:
School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor (2011–Present)
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow (August 2015 – July 2017)
Petition Office of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, Civil Servant (2006–2007)
Scientific Research:
Recent Publications
Zhang, Han, Huirong Chen*, and Shengxiang Ji. 2026. “Party Strength in New Fields: The Chinese Communist Party’s Tactics for Penetrating ‘Two New’ Organizations in the Non-Public Sector.” Journal of East Asian Studies, 1–23. doi:10.1017/jea.2026.10029.
Chen, Huirong, and Yangxin Bian. 2025. “Policy Experimentation within Bureaucratic Power Networks.” The China Quarterly, 1–19. doi:10.1017/S030574102510115X.
Chen, Huirong. 2024. “The Way of Distribution in Traditional Political Thought: A New Interpretation Based on the Sense of Community and the Way of Governance.” Political Science and Administration, No. 6, 2024.
Xie, Zhikui, Huirong Chen*, and Guangming Jiang. 2024. “Bureaucratic Informal Rules and State Infrastructural Power: Local Governments’ Informal Land Administration in China.” The China Review, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 1–32.
Chen, Huirong, and Danfeng Ma. 2023. “A New Perspective on State Capacity: Adaptive Changes in Governance Models.” Journal of Shanghai Administration Institute, No. 4, 2023.
Chen, Huirong, and Ning Li. 2022. “The Concept of Institutions from the Perspective of the Way of Governance: Han Feizi ‘in Dialogue with’ Western New Institutionalists.” Comparative Economic & Social Systems, No. 5, 2022.
Chen, Huirong, and Sheena Chestnut Greitens. 2022. “Information Capacity and Social Order: The Local Politics of Information Integration in China.” Governance 35 (2): 497–523.
Chen, Huirong. 2022. “Linking Institutional Function with Form: Distributional Dynamics, Disequilibrium, and Rural Land Shareholding in China.” Land Use Policy, Vol. 120, 106283.
Chen, Huirong. 2021. “Campaigns, Bureaucratic Cooperation, and State Performance.” The China Review 21 (3): 55–87.
Chen, Huirong. 2020. “Institutional Complexity and the Conversion of China’s Petition System.” China: An International Journal 18 (2): 1–25.
Chen, Huirong. 2020. “Institutional Credibility and Informal Institutions.” Cities, Vol. 97: 1–12.
Chen, Huirong. 2021. “Major Western Theories of Revolution.” In Zhengxu Wang, Shu Geng, and Shiping Tang (eds.), Comparative Politics, Chapter 9. Fudan University Press.
Chen, Huirong. 2020. “Land Distribution and Political Order: Cases from African and Latin American Countries.” Foreign Theoretical Trends, No. 3, 2020.
Chen, Huirong, and Henan Li. 2021. “The Institutional Foundations of the People’s Action Party’s Rule in Singapore.” Studies in Comparative Politics, Vol. 1, 2021.
Jiang, Guangming, and Huirong Chen. 2022. “Institutional Credibility, Social Coalitions, and Informal Property Rights: Brazil’s Land Reform and Squatting Movement.” Studies in Comparative Politics (CSSCI-edited volume), Vol. 2, 2022, pp. 261–283.
Jiang, Guangming, and Huirong Chen. 2022. “Informal Institutions and State Governance: A Review of the Literature.” Empirical Social Sciences, No. 1, 2022, pp. 143–159.
Teaching Courses
Undergraduate Courses:
Chinese Government and Politics; Political Economy of China’s Development; Comparative Political Economy; Government and Markets; Social Science Research Methods
Master of Public Administration (MPA):
Political Science; Social Research Methods
Master’s Courses:
Social Science Research Methods
Doctoral Course:
Special Topics in Party Politics
International Master Degree Program on China’s Politics and Economy:
Political Economy of China’s Development; Local Governance and Grassroots Politics in China