Fan Ziying (1981-) is a scholar of finance and economics. Fan earned his PhD in economics from Fudan University, and is currently a professor and dean of the School of Public Economics and Administration at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Fan has long been engaged in research on public finance and development economics, and has published many papers in prominent academic journals both at home and abroad, as well as a number of commentaries in various financial media outlets.
Fan Ziying has used theories of economics to analyze the Great Famine in China and has published several papers, including “Several Comments on the Research of the Chinese Great Famine,”“Why Did the Great Famine Happened in the Main Grain-Producing Areas?” and "Why Did the Great Famine End in 1962?.”