X.L. Ding

This person is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment.

X.L. Ding was a senior associate in Beijing. He coordinated the Carnegie Joint Beijing Program in China, including planning and executing workshops and seminars on U.S.-China relations, international politics and economics, challenges of globalization, and sustainable development. His research focuses on the global movement of highly talented professionals and its impact on regional competitiveness.

Ding came to the Carnegie Endowment from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is a professor at its Division of Social Science. Previously, he was a research fellow at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.

Ding has published books and papers with major university presses and journals in the United States, United Kingdom, and China. His most recent book is On University Reform and Development (Peking University Press 2004).