Name: Chang Ning
Title: Professor
Research Areas: National Economic Accounting Theory and Methods, Input-Output Models
Courses Taught: National Economic Accounting, Statistics, Statistical Forecasting and Decision Making
E - mail: grace_cn@mail.shufe.edu.cn; Phone: 65901026
Research Project
Serial Number | Project Name | Project Number | Project Source | Start and End Time | Project Funding |
1 | Selection of Target Model for Fiscal Statistical Accounting by the Government of Our Country | 2020110106 | Ministry of Finance Project | 2020-2021 Year | |
2 | Research on the Price Effects of Carbon Tax and Carbon Trading Policies and Their Composite Emission Reduction Mechanisms | 71873084 | National Natural Science Foundation General Projects | 2019-2022 Year | |
3 | Research on the Low-Carbon Development Path of China's Industrial Structure in the Context of Economic Transition | 71573169 | National Natural Science Foundation General Project | 2016-2019 years | |
4 | Optimization Path and Empirical Research of Shanghai's Industrial Structure from a Low-Carbon Perspective | 2012BJB010 | Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Twelfth Five-Year Plan Project | 2012-2014年 | |
5 | Research on the Influencing Factors of Carbon Emissions in China Based on Input-Output Models | 12ZS077 | Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Scientific Research Innovation Project | 2012-2013 Year | |
6 | Research on China's Carbon Emission Responsibility in the Era of a Low-Carbon Economy | 11PJC064 | Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program | 2011-2013年 | |
76 | The Impact of the Transformation of Economic Growth Patterns on Carbon Emission Intensity in Shanghai | IO-2012-06 | Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics Project | 2014-2015 Year |
Academic Resume
Chang Ning graduated from the Department of Statistics at Xiamen University with a Ph.D. in Economics. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Statistics and Management at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He has conducted academic exchanges at Syracuse University, the University of North Carolina, and Arizona State University in the United States. In 2009, he was awarded the title of "Outstanding Young Teacher in Shanghai Universities," and in 2011, he was selected for the "Pujiang Talent" program in Shanghai.
The main research directions include national economic accounting theory and methods, macroeconomic statistical analysis, low-carbon economy, and sustainable development. Led and completed 2 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, and 6 provincial and ministerial-level projects including the Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project and Ministry of Finance co-construction project. Published more than 20 papers in international SCI, SSCI, and domestic core academic journals. Received 2 provincial and ministerial-level teaching achievement awards.
Research Field
Macroeconomic Measurement and Analysis, Low-Carbon Economy and Sustainable Development
Educational Experience
September 1999 - July 2002 Xiamen University Department of Statistics PhD in Economics
September 1996 - July 1999 Xiamen University Department of Statistics Master's in Economics
September 1992 - July 1996 Xiamen University Department of Accounting Bachelor of Economics
Work Experience
From August 2002 to present, Faculty of Statistics and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Teaching
August 2003 - December 2003 University of Syracuse, USA Visiting Scholar
August 2009 - August 2010 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Visiting Scholar
October 2012 - September 2013 Arizona State University, USA Visiting Scholar
Research Achievements
1. Yin zixin and Chang Ning (2025) The carbon characteristics of digital economy: a case study in China. Applied Economics. 2501353
2. Zhang chunli and Chang Ning (2025) Introducing a floor price in China’s national carbon market. Journal of Environmental Management. 126599
3. 陈杨,常宁.数字经济对城乡收入差距的影响及对策研究——基于测算的省级数字经济增加值[J]. 计量经济学报. 2025(5): 1172-1198
4. Chang Ning and Han Chaohui (2021) A hybrid instrument for China’s post-2020 mitigation commitments: A sectoral coverage perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production. 130033
5. Chang Ning and Han Chaohui (2021) Regional CO2 emissions and cross-boundary mitigation potential in China. Economic Systems Research.1974354
6. Chang Ning and Han Chaohui (2020) Cost-push impact of taxing carbon in China: A price transmission perspective. Journal of cleaner production. 119194
7、Chang Ning and Ziyan Li 2017. Decoupling the lock-in effect between economic growth and CO2 emissions by structure adjustment: A final demand perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 154: 94-101.
8、Chang Ning and Michael L. Lahr 2016. Changes in China’s Production-Source CO2 Emissions: insights from structural decomposition analysis and linkage analysis. Economic Systems Research, 28(2): 224;242.
9、Chang Ning 2015. Changing industrial structure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions: A Chinese application. Journal of Cleaner Production, 103: 40-48.
10、Chang Ning 2013. Sharing responsibility for carbon dioxide emissions: A perspective on border tax adjustments. Energy Policy, 59: 850-856.
11、Chang Ning 2012.The Empirical Relationship between Openness and Environmental Pollution in China. Environmental Planning and Management, 55(6): 783-796.
12、常宁,李娜. 上海市经济增长与工业污染关系研究[J]. 上海财经大学学报.2010(4): 82-88.
13、常宁,刘建勇. 关于我国企业独立环境报告的构想[J]. 统计与决策. 2008(15): 175-176.
14、常宁, IMF的数据质量评估框架及启示[J]. 统计研究. 2004(1): 27-30.
15、常宁, 高新技术产业统计指标体系研究[J]. 统计研究. 2000(1): 59-61.
Rewards, Honors
In 2007, won the first Outstanding Female Talent award at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics;
In 2008, awarded the title of Outstanding Young Teacher by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Higher Education Institutions.
Selected for the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program in 2011
In 2014, awarded the Excellent Achievement Award of the 20th Zhongzhen Research Fund by Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
In 2014, awarded the Second Prize for Teaching Achievement by the National Graduate Education Guidance Committee for Applied Statistics.
Selected as Chair Associate Professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2016.


