Director of Tsinghua University Latin America Center
Director of Center for China-Latin America Management Studies，School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.
Professor and Ph.D. supervisor of School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University
Dr. CHEN Taotao is a professor at School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University，the director of Latin America Center, Tsinghua University and the director of Center for China-Latin America Management Studies，School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. Her main research areas are “Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)”“Globalization and Strategy”“Openness and Development”“International Technology Transfer” and “Poverty Alleviation”. She has published more than 30 papers on the topic of FDI spillover and Chinese companies investing abroad, and has presided research projects supported by National Science Foundation, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Commerce etc. In recent years, Prof. CHEN Taotao has focused more on topics such as “The Business Environment in US & Latin America” and “The capability of Chinese Young MNCs” etc.
During the research process, Professor CHEN has visited more than 50 branches of Chinese companies that have invested in US and Latin American countries, and has collaborated with think tanks, multi-development banks, such as ECLAC, IDB, and CAF, as well as top universities, such as MIT in US, the University of Toronto in Canada, Catholic University in Chile, etc. Besides, she has been invited to attend international forums, such as World Economic Forum and Emerging Market Forums, making speeches and being engaged into different kinds of debates.
