Established in 1958, the Institute of agricultural Economics (IAE) is the earliest national research institute devoted to agricultural economics and policy research in China. The central goal of the institute is to provide policy recommendations to the government at national and local level, consultative service for enterprises and conduct studies on macro-economic issues and agricultural productivity related to rural development.

IAE concentrates its research on major issues in areas such as rural development strategy, agro-technical economics and modern management, agricultural sciences and technology policy, resource deployment and sustainable development, enterprise development, international trade of agriculture products, rural energy and environment, new economic issues and international comparative study. IAE always stands at the frontier of rural economy and policy research and pays attention to major issues in rural reform and development.

IAE serves as a center for providing opportunities to both national and international agricultural economists in exchanging views on current issues and problems related to agricultural policy and rural development.

Currently, IAE has 91 staff members. Among them, 42 are senior research fellows and 28 are middle level researchers. There are 25 researchers in IAE holding PHD degree and 20 have master’s degree. The incumbent director general of IAE is Dr. Keming Qian . Mr. Fengyan Liu , Dr.  Lubiao Zhang and Dr. Dongyang Wang  are deputy directors.

IAE has a wide source of research funds. Majority of the funds come from the National Natural Science Foundation, the State Philosophy and Social Science Foundation and various ministries nationally and World Bank, FAO, EU, Ford Foundation, CGIAR, as well as foreign national research grants.

Journals:

“ Issues of Agricultural Economy”----monthly

“ Journal of Agro-technical Economics”----bimonthly

“Annual Research Report on Economics and Technological Development in Agriculture”----annually

“Research briefs”----monthly

Institutions affiliated to IAE:

China Agricultural Economics Association

Chinese Society of Agro-technical Economics

The Research Center of Agriculture Integration

The Consultative Center of Science, Technology and Economy Development, CAAS.

Contact information:

Mail address: No. 12, Zhongguancun, Nandajie, Beijing, P. R.China

Post code: 100081

Phone: 86-10-68919793

Fax: 86-10-62187545

E-mail: Iae@caas.net.cn