CALL FOR PAPERS
2026 CHINA FINANCIAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
July 2-3, 2026
To promote China-related financial research globally, Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance and Tsinghua University National Institute of Financial Research co-organize the Annual China Financial Research Conference (CFRC). CFRC provides a high-quality academic exchange platform, where finance scholars and practitioners worldwide can share their in-depth research on important finance issues in China and exchange ideas on new developments in finance research, with the ultimate goal of reforming China’s financial system and encouraging financial innovations in China.
The 2026 China Financial Research Conference (CFRC 2026) will be held from July 2 to July 3, 2026 in Beijing, China.
TOPICS
Academic papers studying China related topics, from all areas of finance, are welcome. The conference follows the format of international research conferences. We have both English and Chinese sessions.
ORGANIZERS
Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance
Tsinghua University National Institute of Financial Research
BEST PAPER AWARDS
Asset Pricing Best Paper Award (US$2000 each)
Corporate Finance Best Paper Award (US$2000 each)
Behavioral Finance Best Paper Award (US$2000 each)
JBF Financial Intermediation Best Paper Award (US$2000 each)
China Financial Research Network (CFRN) Young Scholar Best Paper Award in Chinese (US$1000 each)
PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit completed papers in electronic format (PDF files only) at http://editorialexpress.com/conference/CFRC2026/. Authors have the option to upload papers to the China Financial Research Network (CFRN) for public dissemination.
Paper submission deadline: February 28, 2026
Papers will be selected by the Program Committee consisting of a panel of international scholars. The submitting authors are expected to be notified of the Program Committee’s decision by the end of April 2026.
For each accepted paper, the conference will cover up to 3 days of accommodation for one author and the discussant. The same applies to all session chairs.
For further queries, please contact cfrc@pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn.
CONFERENCE WEBSITE
http://cfrc.pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn/
| PROGRAM CHAIRS | |
| Xuan Tian | Peking University |
| Xiaoyan Zhang | Tsinghua University |
| ASSOCIATE PROGRAM CHAIR | |
| Kai Li | Tsinghua University |
| PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS | |
| Hengjie Ai | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Li An | Tsinghua University |
| Turan G. Bali | Georgetown University |
| Brad M. Barber | University of California, Davis |
| Jan Bena | University of British Columbia |
| Charles Cao | Pennsylvania State University; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen |
| Kaiji Chen | Emory University |
| Zhuo Chen | Tsinghua University |
| Ing-Haw Cheng | University of Toronto |
| Jaewon Choi | Seoul National University |
| Yongqiang Chu | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Lin William Cong | Cornell University |
| Winston Wei Dou | University of Pennsylvania |
| Jens Dick-Nielsen | Copenhagen Business School |
| Vyacheslav (Slava) Fos | Boston College |
| Hao Gao | Tsinghua University |
| Pengjie Gao | University of Notre Dame |
| Haoyu Gao | Renmin University of China |
| Bing Han | University of Toronto |
| Jie (Jack) He | University of Georgia |
| Ping He | Tsinghua University |
| Edith Hotchkiss | Boston College |
| Weiwei Hu | Peking University |
| Grace Xing Hu | Tsinghua University |
| Jing Huang | Texas A&M University |
| Zhengyang Jiang | Northwestern University |
| Lawrence J. Jin | Cornell University |
| Jiandong Ju | Tsinghua University |
| Peter Kelly | Claremont McKenna College |
| Zhisheng Li | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics |
| Bibo Liu | Tsinghua University |
| Tong Liu | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Laura Xiaolei Liu | Peking University |
| Xing Liu | Tsinghua University |
| Xuewen Liu | The University of Hong Kong |
| Yu-Jane Liu | Peking University |
| Clark Liu | Tsinghua University |
| Roger K. Loh | Nanyang Technological University |
| Dong Lou | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Deborah Lucas | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Christian T. Lundblad | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Massimo Massa | INSEAD |
| William L. Megginson | The University of Oklahoma |
| David Tat-Chee Ng | Cornell University |
| Boris Nikolov | University of Lausanne |
| Veronika Krepely Pool | Vanderbilt University |
| Wenlan Qian | National University of Singapore |
| Hongxun Ruan | Peking University |
| Gideon Saar | Cornell University |
| Ivan Shaliastovich | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Jinfei Sheng | University of California, Irvine |
| Kang Shi | Tsinghua University |
| Zhan Shi | Tsinghua University |
| Tao Shu | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Stephan Siegel | University of Washington |
| Yang Song | University of Washington |
| Qian Sun | Fudan University |
| Hao Wang | Tsinghua University |
| Jian Wang | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen |
| Zhengwei Wang | Tsinghua University |
| Tianyu Wang | Tsinghua University |
| Haotian Xiang | Peking University |
| Kairong Xiao | Columbia University |
| Chenzi Xu | University of California, Berkeley |
| Guo Xu | University of California, Berkeley |
| Jiajie Xu | The University of Iowa |
| Hongjun Yan | DePaul University |
| Liyan Yang | University of Toronto |
| Ming Yang | University College London |
| Xuewei Yang | Nanjing University |
| Hanyi (Livia) Yi | Boston College |
| Jianfeng Yu | Tsinghua University |
| Xiaoyun Yu | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Yue Yuan | University College London |
| Vivian Zhanwei Yue | Emory University |
| Hong Zhang | Singapore Management University |
| Ji Zhang | Tsinghua University |
| Weiqiang Zhang | Tsinghua University |
| Xueyong Zhang | Central University of Finance and Economics |
| Lu Zhang | The Ohio State University |
| Yu Zhang | Peking University |
| Hao Zhou | Tsinghua University; Southern University of Science and Technology |
| Zhen Zhou | Tsinghua University |