Wenjie Chen

Senior economist, China team, IMF,

Wenjie Chen is a senior economist on the IMF’s China team. Prior to that, she worked in the Research Department, where she co-authored and co-led chapters for the World Economic Outlook. She has also worked in the African Department on South Africa and South Sudan. Wenjie has published extensively on global value chains, trade competitiveness, market power, and China-Africa relations in academic and policy journals. Before joining the IMF, Wenjie worked as a professor at George Washington University School of Business and Elliott School of International Affairs. She received her MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan.