Jie Chen is a professor in the Department of Industrial Economics at the School of Management of the Fudan University in Shanghai, and director of the Fudan Center for Housing Policy Studies. He is a specialist in issues of urban policy, housing policy and housing finance. His publications include Empirical Essays on Housing Allowance, Housing Wealth and Aggregate Consumption (Uppsala University Press, Economic Studies vol. 91, 2005) and Solution to Urban Residential Housing: Theory and International Experiences (in Chinese; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Press, 2009).