Profile:

Wang Zhengyi is a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education, Peking University Boya Distinguished Professor, and Chief Expert of the “Marxist Theory Research and Construction Project.” He currently serves as a member of the Peking University Academic Committee, Deputy Director of the Social Sciences Division, Chair of the Academic Committee at SIS, and Chair of the Department of International Political Economy at Peking University. He has received numerous national, provincial, and university-level awards, including the State Council Special Government Allowance, the Ministry of Education’s “Cross-Century Outstanding Talent Training Program,” the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security’s “National Candidate of the New Century Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talent Project,” the Ministry of Education’s “Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor” award, “Beijing Outstanding Teacher,” and the “Peking University Teaching Excellence Award.”

Research Areas：

Theories of International Political Economy

World Systems and China’s Rise

Political and Economic Analysis of Regional Cooperation in East Asia

Political Economy of China’s Transition and Development

Theories of International Political Economy

International Political Economy

Political Economy of Development and Transition

Political Economy of China’s Transition

Books

Modern Political Geography, Nankai University Press, 1993

Development Theory on the Periphery: World Systems and Development in Southeast Asia, Shanghai People’s Press, 1997

Political Geography (co-authored with Wang Enyong et al.), Higher Education Press, 1998

World System Theory and China, The Commercial Press, 2000

International Political Economy: Theoretical Paradigms and Empirical Studies (co-authored with Professor Zhang Yangui), The Commercial Press, 2003 (2004)

World Systems and the Rise and Fall of Nations, Peking University Press, 2006

General Theory of International Political Economy, Peking University Press, 2010

Development Theory on the Periphery: World Systems and Development in Southeast Asia(Second Edition), Shanghai People’s Press, 2018

General Theory of International Political Economy (Second Edition), Peking University Press, 2022

World System Theory and China (Revised Edition), The Commercial Press, 2024

Edited Works

The Political Economy of Asian Regional Cooperation: Institutional Building, Security Cooperation, and Economic Growth (co-edited with Miles Kahler and Seiichiro Takagi), Shanghai People’s Press, 2007

International Political Economy (Editor-in-Chief; key textbook for the “Maxism Project”), Higher Education Press, 2021

Rethinking Globalization: Theories, History, and Trends (Editor-in-Chief), Social Sciences Academic Press, 2023

Translations

Amitav Acharya, Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order (co-translated with Feng Huaixin), Shanghai People’s Press, 2004.

Journal Articles & Book Chapters

“The Evolution of Analytical Methods in International Political Economy and Its Trends,” World Economy Yearbook 2025, China Social Sciences Press, 2025.

“The ‘Dilemma’ of East Asian National Development: Navigating between the World System and the East Asian International System,” East Asian Studies, No. 1, 2024.

“International Political Economy in Tune with the Times,” World Politics Studies, No. 2, 2024.

“Sino-US Relations from a World Systems Perspective,” Korea Sungkyun China Observer, No. 2 (Total No. 46), 2024.

“Why the Revival of Geopolitical Competition?” International Politics Quarterly, No. 6, 2023.

“The Institutionalization of International Political Economy and the Construction of an Independent Knowledge System,” World Politics Studies, No. 2, 2023.

“The Structural Crisis of the World System,” World Social Sciences, No. 4, 2023.

“50 Years of International Political Economy: Real-World Changes, Agenda Setting, and Theoretical Innovation,” International Review, No. 1, 2021.

“Material Interests and Values: International Conflict and Cooperation Amidst the Global Pandemic,” International Politics Quarterly, No. 3, 2020.

“The Political Logic of Global Governance and Its Challenges: An International Political Economy Perspective,” Exploration and Free Views, No. 3, 2020.

“China’s Move Towards the Core: Transformation and Challenges in the World System,” World Politics Studies, No. 1, 2019.

“ASEAN at 50: Has It Escaped the Dilemma of Peripheral Development?” World Politics Studies, No. 1, 2018.

“The Rise of China: The End or Continuation of World System Development?” International Security Studies, No. 3, 2013.

“Globalization and International Political Economy: Beyond the ‘Paradigm’ Debate?” World Economics and Politics, No. 10, 2010.

“Constructing a Knowledge Framework for International Political Economy: An Analysis Based on Four Interconnections,” World Economics and Politics, No. 2, 2009.

“The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regime Choice: A Comparison of Three Research Approaches and Their Implications” (co-authored with Qu Bo), Jilin University Journal, No. 3, 2006.

“Beyond ‘Gilpinian’ IPE: International Political Economy since the 1990s and Its Development in China,” International Politics Quarterly, No. 2, 2006.

“Wang Zhengyi – A Scholar Exploring the Interconnection between China and the ‘World System’,” World Economics and Politics, No. 11, 2005.

“Understanding China’s Transformation: National Strategic Goals, Institutional Adaptation, and International Forces,” World Economics and Politics, No. 6, 2005.

“The Global Structure of Knowledge Power and the Construction of China’s Social Science Knowledge Spectrum,” International Review, Nos. 1 & 2, 2005.

“‘Research Approaches’ in International Political Economy: Political, Economic, Political Economic, or Otherwise?” in Nikolaos Zahariadis (ed.), Contending Perspectives in International Political Economy, Peking University Press (photoreprint edition), 2004.

“Contending Perspectives in International Political Economy,” World Economics and Politics, No. 5, 2004.

“The Social Science Knowledge Spectrum and Research Methods in International Relations,” World Economics and Politics, No. 1, 2004.

“Understanding Power and Wealth in the International System,” in Jeffry Frieden and David Lake, International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth, Peking University Press (photoreprint edition), 2003.

“Asian Regionalization: From Rationalism to Social Constructivism?” World Economics and Politics, No. 5, 2003.

“Three Puzzles in Constructing International Relations Theory,” World Economics and Politics, No. 4, 2003.

“International Political Economy: History, Theory, and Method,” Europe, No. 1, 2002.

“China’s Geopolitical Development Strategy in the 21st Century,” Nankai Journal, No. 6, 1999.

“Can We Move Beyond Eurocentric International Relations Theory?” in Akihoshi Hoshino (ed.), Changes and Developments in International Relations Theory After the Cold War, Beijing Normal University Press, 1999.

“National Interest as Legitimately Constraining Mutual Interests,” Chinese Social Sciences Quarterly, April 1997.

“How Did the East Asian International System Become Possible?” World Economics and Politics, No. 2, 1997.

“World Economy, Historical Systems, and Civilization: A Review of Wallerstein’s ‘World Systems Theory’,” Hong Kong China Book Review, May 1996.

“Inherit or Transfer: A Dilemma in Reconstructing Chinese Social Reality,” Review, Vol. XXI, No. 3/4, 1998 (pp. 327-384). (USA)

“Industrial Distribution Channels in the People’s Republic of China Market,” in Sam Dzever and Jacques Jaussaud (eds.), *China and India: Economic Performance and Business Strategies of Firms in the Mid-1990s*, Macmillan Press LTD, 1999 (pp. 113-131). (UK)

“Conceptualizing Economic Security and Governance: China Confronts Globalization,” The Pacific Review, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2004. (UK)

“Transition Paradigm, Industrial Policy and Economic Growth: The Domestic and International Forces,” in Suthiphand Chirathivat and Ng Chee Yuen (eds.), Emerging Asia’s Growth Practices: Recent Experiences of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, Bangkok: Chula Global Network, Chulalongkorn University, 2009, pp. 35-61. (Thailand)

“China’s Policy in the Automobile Industry: Strategy, Institution and Performance” (co-authored with Sheng Bin), in Suthiphand Chirathivat and Ng Chee Yuen (eds.), Emerging Asia’s Growth Practices: Recent Experiences of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, Bangkok: Chula Global Network, Chulalongkorn University, 2009, pp. 62-79. (Thailand)

“Researching International Relations in China: From Security to International Political Economy,” in Shaun Breslin (ed.), Handbook of China’s International Relations, London and New York: Routledge, 2010, pp. 13-31. (UK)

“Contending Regional Identity in East Asia: Market-led, Institutions or Social Reconstruction?” East Asian Review, Vol. 13, 2010, pp. 15-40. (Japan)

“The Rise of China: The Sustained Development of the World System or the End of It?” International Security Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2015.

“Political Logics and Challenges of Global Governance: An IPE Perspective,” in Bin Zhang (ed.), China’s Role in Global Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp. 227-237. (UK)