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Center for China Financial Research

China is the second-largest economy in the world and is expected to become the largest in the near future. In contrast to its economy, the financial system in China  has yet to be further developed. China is facing many complex issues and challenges in its financial sector, which has crucial implications for both China and the world.

The Center for China Financial Research (CCFR) at the University of Colorado Denver Business School is inter-disciplinary and encompasses finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, and related fields. The center has an open-architecture structure with active members within and outside the University of Colorado Denver. CCFR facilitates research on securities markets, banking, financial regulations and closely related broader issues of economic reform in China. CCFR provides a visible platform outside greater China and connects academic researchers around the world with the expertise, the Chinese government, international organizations, and the business community.

Program Directorjian yang

Founding Director: Jian Yang, .P. Morgan Endowed Chair & Research Director of J. P. Morgan Center for Commodities (JPMCC), Professor and Discipline Director of Finance, Business School, University of Colorado De​never; Research Fellow (Adjunct), National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University (jointly with all major financial regulators in China), Faculty Affiliate (External), Cornell Institute of China Economic Research, Cornell University

Contact: Jian Yang, jian.yang@ucdenver, ccfr@ucdenver.edu

Center for China Finance Research Activities

(Since the CCFR director became the JPMCC Research Director in September 2017, research activities have typically focused on commodity futures markets in China and promoting the visibility of JPMCC instead of CCFR, even though Chinese futures markets are also part of China’s financial system)

Center for China Finance Research Media Exposure

Since the CCFR director became the JPMCC Research Director in September 2017, great effort has been made to primarily entertain media interviews regarding Chinese commodity markets and promote the visibility of JPMCC instead of CCFR. Clearly, commodity futures markets are only relatively a small part of China’s financial system.  For more information on the global media exposure on Chinese commodity markets via the director (in multiple languages and across dozens of countries), please visit the News and Events page of the JPMCC website.  Nevertheless, out of over 90 news items via the director with the JPMCC affiliation (from September 2017 to April 2020), there are also some significant media exposure on various issues of China’s financial system (beyond commodity futures markets in China). 

Particularly noteworthy, the media exposure in Chinese via the director on Chinese commodity markets in particular and China’s financial system, in general, have greatly promoted the visibility and the reputation of the university (科罗拉多大学(丹佛校区) in Chinese) and JPMCC (摩根大通商品研究中心 in Chinese). Many of these news items in Chinese have been reposted on the official websites of Chinese central government, various national government agencies in China (e.g., Ministry of Transport (of China), Ministry of Commerce (of China), National Energy Administration (of China)), and some largest companies or largest public companies in the world in 2019 (e.g., Sinopec (No. 2 on Fortune Global 500), CNPC (No.4 on Fortune Global 500), ICBC (No.1 on Forbes Global 2000) ). The media exposure below after September 2017 is limited to only a few sample news items, generally with a broad emphasis on China’s financial system. They are also best considered as complementary to global news items on commodities via the director on the JPMCC website.

Center for China Finance Research Research Publications