Professor Zhang Wuchang continues to rank first, Professor Qian Yingyi from Tsinghua University ranks second, and the controversial Professor Lang Xianping ranks third. Seven professors including,, Wu Jinglian, Zhang,, and are also on the list. It is noteworthy that, except Wu Jinglian, all the other nine economists graduated from famous universities in Europe and America and received formal and systematic training in western economics.

In China, about 6,000 people are called "economists". However, only about 65,438+000 economists can publish their papers in mainstream international academic journals.