Prof. Gao Fan

Professor Gao Fan is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Economics, Fudan University. He currently serves as Dean of the Institute of Marxist Studies and Deputy Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Fudan University Committee. Born in November 1976 in Zhouzhi, Shaanxi Province, he completed his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral studies at Northwest University. In 2004, he joined the postdoctoral research station in theoretical economics at Fudan University, and has been teaching at the School of Economics since 2006, progressing from lecturer to associate professor and then to professor. He has previously held positions including Deputy Director and Executive Deputy Director of the Department of Economics, and Deputy Dean of the Graduate School. His primary research interests lie in political economy and development economics, with a particular focus on the transformation of the urban-rural dual economic structure and agricultural development. He is the Chief Expert of a Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China and a Young Scholar of the "National Talent Program" of the Ministry of Education.