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First, the office maintains an ongoing policy dialogue with the Chinese authorities, together with headquarters staff, on macroeconomic and structural reform issues. It also monitors and analyzes economic developments, identifies policy issues, and informs the Fund staff at headquarters. In addition, the office exchanges views with the local and international community in these areas.

Second, the office coordinates technical assistance programs with the authorities, headquarters staff, and the donor community. The aim is to help the authorities expedite reforms in a number of areas, including: monetary policy and banking activities, fiscal management, balance of payments policies and operations, economic and financial statistics compilation and dissemination, and capacity building in macroeconomic management.

Library

The Resident Representative's office in Beijing maintains a library that contains a number of IMF publications, including the World Economic Outlook, IMF Annual report, International Financial Statistics, Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook, Government finance Statistics Yearbook, Direction of Trade Statistics and IMF Chinese-English glossary of terms. The office is open to the public from 9 am-12:30 pm and 2 pm-5 pm, Monday to Friday. Please contact Li Jing at 86-10-6505-1155 ext. 208 for any queries about the library.

Murtaza Syed, Murtaza Syed joined the IMF through the Economist Program in 2004. He has since worked in the Fiscal Affairs Department and the Asia Pacific Department.

Mr. Syed has previously covered a broad range of Asian economies, including Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong SAR, and Laos. He has also been involved in the IMF’s regional surveillance in Asia and its lending program with Dominica. His research interests include trade, investment, inequality, fiscal sustainability, and financial spillovers.

Mr. Syed has a Ph.D. in Economics from Oxford University (Nuffield College). Before joining the IMF, Murtaza worked as Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in London, Senior Policy Analyst at the UNDP-sponsored Human Development Center (HDC) in Islamabad, and taught at Oxford.

IMF Work Experience

2010-present: Resident Representative (China), APD
11.03.2008: Economist, Division 1 (Japan), APD
02.01.2007: Economist, Division 6 (South Korea and Regional Studies Unit), APD
06.01.2006: Economist, Division 8 (Hong Kong SAR), APD
06.07.2004: Economist (Economist Program) (FAD, APD)

Other Work Experience

2002-2004 Institute for Fiscal Studies, Research Economist
2001-2002 Oxford University, Tutor
1997-1999 Human Development Center, Senior Policy Analyst

Beijing Office Staff

Shi Xiaoling, Economist (seconded from People's Bank of China)

Liu Yi, Economist (seconded from State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

Zhao Jingru, Part-time Economist (seconded from the Ministry of Finance)

Hao Jingfang, Part-time Economist

Li Jing, Office Manager

Ru Xiaoxi, Staff Assistant

Wang Wenfeng, Despatcher/Driver (seconded from People's Bank of China)

Lei Jinqiang, Despatcher/Driver

Team at IMF Headquarters in Washington D.C.

Nigel Chalk, Mission Chief for China, Assistant Director, Asia and Pacific Department (APD)

Steven Barnett, Deputy Division Chief, Division 6, APD

Papa N’Diaye, Senior Economist, Division 6, APD

Nathan Porter, Economist, Division 6, APD