Hongbin Cai
Dean and Chair of Economics
Hong Kong University Business School
Hongbin Cai is dean of the Hong Kong University Business School and chair of economics at the University of Hong Kong and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE).
His research focuses on game theory, the Chinese economy, industrial organization, and corporate finance.
At the University of Hong Kong, Cai leads the business school and the economics faculty. Before joining Hong Kong University, he served as dean, associate dean, and professor at the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University.
Earlier in his career, he taught economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and held a visiting appointment at Yale University.
Cai has served in public and professional roles, including as a member of the National People’s Congress, a member of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, and founding president of the Chinese Finance Association.
He is a fellow of the Econometric Society and has received the National Chang Jiang Scholar honor from China’s Ministry of Education and the National Outstanding Young Researcher award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Cai earned a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University, a master’s in economics from Peking University, and a bachelor’s from Wuhan University.
