IMF -- Resident Representative Office in People's Republic of China

Resident Representative for Peoples Republic of China

Steven Alan Barnett

Senior Resident Representative in China

Office Information

Room 1806, East Tower, Twin TowersNo. B12, Jianguomenwai AvenueBeijing 100022, P.R. China

Email: RR-CHN@IMF.ORG
Tel: +86 10 6505 1155
Fax: +86 10 6505 8580

Steven Alan Barnett, Senior Resident Representative in China: Mr. Barnett recently became the International Monetary Fund’s Senior Resident Representative for China. Prior to that, he worked as an Advisor to the Deputy Managing Director. For much of his career, however, he covered Asia. His positions included Chief of the China Division in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, Assistant Director at the IMF Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo, Resident Representative to China, and Resident Representative to Thailand. Prior to joining the IMF in 1997, he earned his PhD in economics from the University of Maryland. He has a Bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University as well as a Master's degree in Russian and East European Studies, also from Stanford.
Li Xin, Deputy Resident Representative in China: Xin Li is the IMF Deputy Resident Representative for China. Previously, he was a desk economist on Japan and Malaysia in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department based in Washington D.C., where he focused on macroeconomic forecasting, internal and external imbalance, and macro-structural issues while conducting research on unconventional monetary and fiscal policies, corporate saving, migrant labor, and informal economy. Prior to that, he worked as an economist in the IMF’s Office of Risk Management, building risk management tools and monitoring core risks faced by the IMF. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from Rice University; he also holds bachelor’s degrees in physics and economics (double major) from Peking University.

Conference

Opening Up and Competitive Neutrality: The Int'l Experience and Insights for China
Seventh High Level Joint Conference
People’s Bank of China and IMF (04/24/19)

Fall 2018 Regional Economic Outlook

Joint People’s Bank of China-IMF Joint Conference

Books

China Book

Modernizing China: Investing in Soft Infrastructure
Lam, Rodlauer,and Schipke (Eds) 2017

E-books

Strengthening Financial and Exchange Rate Frameworks (English version) 2017. See also Chinese version here.
International Monetary System and Experience in Resolving Debt , 2016
Financial Liberalization, Innovation and Stability , 2015
New Issues in Monetary Policy , 2014
Capital Flow Measures , 2013

Asia Book

Frontier and Developing Asia : The Next Generation of Emerging Markets (English Excerpt, Chinese Excerpt), 2015

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This web page presents information about the work of the IMF in China, including the activities of the IMF Resident Representative Office. Additional information can be found on the China and IMF country page, including IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with China.

China and the IMF Country Page