Zichen Wang

Education:

Mid-career Master in Public Policy (MPP), School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), Princeton University, July 2024 – May 2025 (fully-funded by SPIA Fellowship)

Finance & Journalism Scholarship, Tsinghua University People’s Bank of China School of Finance (PBCSF)-Bank of China (part-time, non-degree) Sept 2021 – June 2023

Bachelor’s in Economics, Shandong Economic University (now Shandong University of Finance and Economics), September 2007 – June 2011

Career

Center for China and Globalization (CCG): Beijing

Deputy Secretary-General December 2025 –

Research Fellow & Director for International Comms, Oct 2022-Dec 2025

Xinhua News Agency: Harbin, Jinan, Brussels, & Beijing, July 2011 – Sept 2022

Quoted in

Associated Press [2025], Washington Post [Oct 2025][May 2025][2024] [2022], Wall Street Journal [2025] [2023], National Public Radio [2024], Financial Times [2025][2021][2021], CNN [2025], CNBC [2025], Newsweek [2024][2024][2023], Nikkei Asia [Oct 2025] [May 2025], Straits Times [Aug 2025] [April 2025], Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [Oct 2025], Nieuwsuur [text video 2025], etc.

Newsletters

Pekingnology, May 2020 –

The East is Read, December 2022 –

Cited in New York Times [2025] [2024][2023], Bloomberg [2022], Financial Times [2024], The Times of London [2023], The Times of India [2021], etc.

Select Media Appearances

Chips and Soybeans and What Did the EU-China 50th Anniversary Summit Achieve, Conversation, ChinaFile, Asia Society, 2025

CNBC interview, July 2025, The China Connection with Emily Tan, CNBC

Zichen Wang’s Exit Interview From America, June 2025, Odd Lots, Bloomberg

Zichen Wang on the U.S.-China Trade War and the Future of the Relationship, May 2025, Asia Society

Featured interview, January 2025, Berliner Zeitung (Germany)

Featured interview, November 2024, Finanz und Wirtschaft (Switzerland)

Featured interview, November 2024, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland)

Richard Koo and Zichen Wang on What Just Happened in China, October 2024, Odd Lots, Bloomberg.

Sinica Unscripted: A Conversation with Wang Zichen, July 2024, Sinica/Kaiser Kuo

Wang Zichen on Bridging the Understanding Gap between the U.S. and China, May 2024, The Wire China

A New Generation of Chinese Intellectuals: Wang Zichen of the Center for China and Globalization, October 2023, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Select International Visits, Conferences, and Talks

23rd Doha Forum, December 2025

The Korea Society & National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, 2025, New York

Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2025, Philadelphia

Council on Foreign Relations, 2025, New York

XII Limes Festival: The Order of Chaos, 2025, Limes (Genoa, Italy)

All oceans lead to Rome – 5th edition of the Sea Days, 2024, Limes (Rome, Italy)

3rd Parliamentary Foreign Policy Day, 2024, Swiss Parliament

State of Asia 2024, 2024, Asia Society Switzerland

Pathways to Peace Initiative, Salzburg Global Seminar, 2024

Sixth Baghdad International Dialogue, 2024, CARPO & Iraqi Institute for Dialogue

28th Stockholm China Forum, 2023, Swedish Foreign Ministry & German Marshall Fund of the United States

International Visitor Leadership Program, 2023, U.S. State Department

3rd International Workshop for Leadership & Security (IWLS), March 2023, Pakistan

Email zichenwanghere AT gmail DOT com