Ming Xu

Research Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor
xum@bjmu.edu.cn
Xueyuanlu 38., Haidian district, Beijing, China
Peking University

Personal profile

Currently, Dr Xu Ming is a Professor and the Dean of the Department of Global Health at School of Public Health of Peking University, as well as the Associate Dean of the Institute for Global Health and Development of Peking University. He has rich work experience in global health and the development of the healthcare industry. He was the Head of the Department for Emerging Economies and previously the Senior Political Advisor for External Relations at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Switzerland. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of China Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products under the Ministry of Commerce of China. Earlier, he served in the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission and the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Korea. When working with the Global Fund, his focus was mainly on the prevention and control of major infectious diseases and health system strengthening in the implementing countries, and building up collaborations with emerging economies in the health field. When working in China, he participated a lot in formulating the policies and regulations of China’s healthcare industry, ranging from the promotion of trade and investment, regulation of medicinal products, to the enhancement of the international competitiveness of companies. He was the chair and PI of key health projects, and the head or member of evaluation groups to review major health projects at the national level. He currently serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)of the Pandemic Fund and the World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on Local Production and Technology Transfer of Health Products(TAG-LPTT) .

He got a Ph.D. in industrial economics from Fudan University and completed his post-doctoral fellowship at Guanghua School of Management of Peking University. He has written more than one hundred papers and articles in journals and specialized publications.

Main research directions

International development cooperation and global public goods for health; International financing for health; internationalization of China’s health care industry.

Representative scientific research projects

1. Accelerate malaria control and elimination in Myanmar by facilitation and optimizing use of resources, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, 2022-2024

2. Global Health Leadership Development Program，China Medical Board, 2022-2025

3. Innovative health financing mechanisms and tools of international organizations, The National Health Commission of China, 2023

4. Industrial security surveillance platform for the health industry, Ministry of Commerce of China, 2009-2017

5. The 12th Five-Year Plan for the Import and Export of China’s Health Industry, Ministry of Commerce of China, 2010

10 representative papers

1. Yanan Luo, Richard Liang, Ming Xu*. Economic insecurity exposure and cognitive function in late life. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2023; September 2023, doi:10.1136/jech2023-22048.

2. Jian Yang, Shuduo Zhou, Xiangning Feng, Ying Chen,YunxuanHu, Ming Xu*. Evolving market-shaping strategies to boost access to essential medical products in developing countries with HIV self-testing as a case study. Global Health Research and Policy (2023); 8:26 14 July 2023.

3. Jian Yang, Shuduo Zhou, Xiangning Feng, Ying Chen,Yunxuan Hu, Ming Xu*. Understanding the Effects of Iatrogenic Management on Population Health: A Medical Innovation Perspective, China CDC Weekly 2023; ISSN 2096-3101, CN 10-1629/R1,Vol. 5 No. 27 Jul. 7, 2023.

4. Ming Xu*, Yunxuan Hu, Shenning Lu, Muhammad Abdullahi Idris, Shuduo Zhou, Jian Yang, Xiangning Feng, Yangmu Huang, Xian Xu, Ying Chen, Duoquan Wang. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Africa and China's upgraded role as a contributor: scoping review. Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023; July 2023 (2023) 12:63.

5. Ming Xu*, Li Zhang, Xiangning Feng, Zhenyu Zhang, Yangmu Huang. Regulatory Reliance for Convergence and Harmonization in the Medical Device Space in Asia-Pacific, BMJ Global Health 2022; August 2022, Volume 7 -Issue 8.

6. Ming Xu. The role of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in global health and its cooperation with China, Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2023; Chin J Schisto Control 2023，Vol. 35，No.2.

7. Shuduo Zhou, Ming Xu*. Global Health Governance in the New Era and the Road Map for China. Modernization of Management Journal 2022; Volume 3, June 2022.

8. Ming Xu. Status Quo, challenges & Proposals for the Foreign Medical Aid to Africa, Journal of International Economic Cooperation 2013; Volume 10, 2013

9. Ming Xu. Security of the Chinese Enterprises Abroad, Journal of International Economic Cooperation 2013; Volume 5, 2013.

10. Ming Xu*, Li Na. Industrial Security of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry, Chinese Journal of Pharmaceuticals 2011; Volume 12, 2011.