
Hui Feng
Dr Hui Feng is an ARC Future Fellow at Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Australia. His research interests are globalisation, international political economy, and China's economy and politics. His most recent book is The Rise of People's Bank of China (Harvard University Press, 2013, with Stephen Bell). He is working on a manuscript on the politics of banking reform in China.
Hui is a Contributing Editor to Central Banking, writing regularly for the Viewpoint column, which brings together timely analysis from experts across the globe. He specialises in China's economic transition.
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Articles by Hui Feng
Reshuffle heralds new era of Chinese central banking
Policy room for next PBoC governor looks limited, as loyalists win out over technocrats for top economic posts
The PBoC, real estate debt and financial stability in China
Officials have restricted policy space due to efforts to contain property risks amid slowing growth
Mitigating regulatory risks of mobile payments
Third-party payment providers need to give up data to supervisors to prevent fraud
China abandons cryptocurrencies under the PBoC (this time it’s for real)
New data centres set to be established to compensate provinces for lost crypto mining revenues
Chinese CBDC could bolster renminbi internationalisation – Hui Feng
Academic believes digital currency efforts could facilitate renminbi’s international acceptance and ‘popularity’
Reserve management in China: foreign reserves, renminbi internationalisation and beyond
Hui Feng explores how China has managed its foreign reserves over the past decade
PBoC’s post-pandemic policy is still up in the air
China's central bank has resisted radical easing, but this could change after NPC meeting
What is behind China’s digital currency aspirations?
The PBoC sees CBDC as a means of riding the wave of digitisation, and potentially challenging the US dollar’s dominance, writes Hui Feng
PBoC is navigating into uncharted waters on RMB
Renminbi depreciation will cause problems at home and abroad
Latest restructuring boosts the PBoC’s regulatory clout
Hui Feng says the PBoC’s restructuring carries “profound implications” for its policy role
Who is Yi Gang?
Hui Feng says Beijing’s choice for PBoC chief fits into wider liberal cadre across senior financial positions
Xi faces macroeconomic dilemma after China’s party congress
Chinese premier must work hard to avoid 'Minsky moment', says Hui Feng
Financial regulation, the PBoC and Zhou’s legacy
Zhou Xiaochuan has ensured the PBoC has a strong voice on China’s new apex stability committee
Zhou did not get what he wanted, but has not left empty-handed
China's focus shifts to systemic risk and regulation, and away from liberalisation and innovation
PBoC’s hike signals policy management shift
Hui Feng argues the rate move signals a move to market-based tightening
Institutional undercurrents at the PBoC
What next for China's regulatory framework, and who will lead the PBoC?
Trilemma, dilemma, and the PBoC's primer for the 'new normal'
Hui Feng argues the PBoC faces a dilemma not a trilemma
The People’s Bank of China’s internet finance dilemma
Market opening poses regulatory challenges as $7.6bn Ponzi scheme blows up