Keyu Jin Author of The New China Playbook

About Keyu

Keyu Jin is a tenured professor of economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is an academic member of the China Finance 40 Group and has worked with the World Bank, the IMF, and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and is a non-executive board member of the luxury conglomerate Richemont and the global bank Credit Suisse.

Born and raised in Beijing, she attended high school and college in the United States and holds a BA, MA, and PhD in economics from Harvard University. She resides with her family in Beijing and London

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"The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism" SELECTED AS ONE OF THE Financial Times SUMMER READING

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Feb 4, 2024

Born and raised in Beijing, Jin is a professor at the London School of Economics. This makes her one of a small handful of professional economists who understand China from the inside. In this book, she writes that what we are watching in Xi Jinping’s China is the emergence of a “new playbook”. This playbook represents a search for a “new equilibrium”, which “involves striking a balance between greater equality and market incentives, security and growth, self-reliance and continued engagement with the West”.