Jing Qian

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Center for China Analysis

New York, New York, United States

About

Jing Qian co-founded the Center for China Analysis (CCA) at the Asia Society Policy Institute alongside the Hon. Dr. Kevin Rudd, to whom he served as a Senior Advisor for almost a decade. As the Managing Director of CCA, Jing leads its strategy, research, and policy work on China, which includes coordination of a series of Track 1.5/2 dialogues. Jing also co-leads the Decoding Chinese Politics and Cure4Cancer International Clinical Trials Collaboration projects. Jing serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum and is a founding member of the Bloomberg New Economy International Cancer Coalition. Jing is also a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Jing’s own research is focused on China's elite politics and its impact on China's domestic and foreign policy, particularly regarding U.S.-China relations. His analyses have appeared in CBC, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Nature, Nature Medicine, etc. A graduate of Harvard, Jing is deeply interested in the liberal arts. He co-founded Project Agora, with H.E. George Papandreou, aiming to educate the citizens and citizen-leaders for our society through the transformative power of a liberal arts education.

Experience

  • AsiaXchange Advisory Board Member at The Rockefeller Foundation
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • Global Health Equity Advisory Board Member at AstraZeneca
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Bloomberg New Economy Advisory Board Member at Bloomberg
    May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Senior Fellow at University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
    Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • Asia Society (Full-time · 11 yrs 6 mos)
    • Co-Founder and Managing Director, Center for China Analysis
      Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Jing Qian co-founded the Center for China Analysis (CCA) at the Asia Society Policy Institute alongside the Hon. Dr. Kevin Rudd, to whom he served as a Senior Advisor for almost a decade. As the Managing Director of CCA, Jing leads its strategy, research, and policy work on China, which includes coordination of a series of Track 1.5/2 dialogues. Jing also co-leads the Decoding Chinese Politics and Cure4Cancer International Clinical Trials Collaboration projects. Jing serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum and is a founding member of the Bloomberg New Economy International Cancer Coalition. Jing is also a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Jing’s own research is focused on China's elite politics and its impact on China's domestic and foreign policy, particularly regarding U.S.-China relations. His analyses have appeared in CBC, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Nature, Nature Medicine, etc. A graduate of Harvard, Jing is deeply interested in the liberal arts. He co-founded Project Agora, with H.E. George Papandreou, aiming to educate the citizens and citizen-leaders for our society through the transformative power of a liberal arts education.

    • Senior Advisor to the Hon. Kevin Rudd AC, Global President and CEO of Asia Society
      Jan 2021 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Advisor to the President of Asia Society Policy Institute and Research Fellow
      Jan 2015 - Jan 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo