Resident Representative for Peoples Republic of China
Steven Alan Barnett
Senior Resident Representative of China
Office Information
Room 1806, East Tower, Twin TowersNo. B12, Jianguomenwai AvenueBeijing 100022, P.R. China
Email:
RR-CHN@IMF.ORG
Tel: +86 10 6505 1155
Fax: +86 10 6505 8580
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Steven Alan Barnett,
Senior Resident Representative of China
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Mr. Barnett recently became the International Monetary Fund’s Senior Resident Representative for China. Prior to that, he worked as an Advisor to the Deputy Managing Director. For much of his career, however, he covered Asia. His positions included Chief of the China Division in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, Assistant Director at the IMF Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo, Resident Representative to China, and Resident Representative to Thailand. Prior to joining the IMF in 1997, he earned his PhD in economics from the University of Maryland. He has a Bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University as well as a Master's degree in Russian and East European Studies, also from Stanford.
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Zhang Longmei,
Deputy Resident Representative of China
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Longmei Zhang, is the IMF Deputy Resident Representative for China. Previously, she was a China economist in the Asia and Pacific Department based in Washington D.C., where she focused on macroeconomic forecasting, broader China rebalancing and issues on high savings. Before working on China, she has worked on regional issues in the Asia Pacific, and published researches in a wide range of areas, including long-term growth/middle-income trap, macroprudential policies, corporate leverage, and capital flows and asset prices. Prior to that, she has worked on the Philippines, focusing on macro surveillance and labor market issues. She also worked on Romania, engaged in IMF program negotiations and reviews. She holds a PhD in Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt.
