David Daokui Li

Who is David Daokui Li?

David Daokui Li is the Mansfield Freeman Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for China in the World Economy at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management. He currently teaches courses on economic transition, corporate finance, international economics, and China's economy. In 2013, he was appointed director of the Schwarzman Scholars program at Tsinghua.

Li Daokui is a part of a trio to replace Fan Gang, as academic members to the central bank’s monetary policy committee.

His childhood was spent in Sichuan province, as a result of his parents being displaced to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. He currently lives in Beijing with his wife and two children. He is a member of the 1985 inaugural class of Tsinghua's SEM, and studied abroad immediately following his graduation. A student of economic-transition scholars Eric Maskin, Andrei Shleifer, and János Kornai, Li received his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Harvard University in 1992.