Dr. Lei Chen obtained his PhD in Economics from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University in July 2020. From November 2020 to December 2022, he conducted joint postdoctoral research with JD Group and the PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Economic Statistics at the School of Statistics and Data Science, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), a member of the Institute of Statistics and Interdisciplinary Research of SWUFE, and a member of the Joint Laboratory of Data Science and Business Intelligence, SWUFE. His main research directions include artificial intelligence methods, spatiotemporal statistical analysis, and interdisciplinary research between big data and macroeconomics.
Lei Chen
/ Assistant Professor
E-mail：lei_chen AT swufe.edu.cn
Awards and Honors
Research Projects
- “Theory and Application of Population Statistics Integrating Sampling Surveys and Multi-Source Big Data”, Major Statistical Special Project of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2025–2026
- “Research on Dynamic Correlation of Large-Scale Spatiotemporal Data”, Research Start-up Project for Introduced Talents of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2023
- “Research on Cross-Border Capital Flow Monitoring and Early Warning Based on Financial Technology”(Participant), China Economic Reform and Capacity Enhancement Program (TCC6), 2021
- “The Impact of Technological Innovation on Local Financial Performance” (Participant), Project of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), 2019
- “Statistical Diagnostic Model for Air Quality”(Participant), National Key Research and Development Program of China, 2016–2020
Published Paper
- Special report on China population research: population predictions and policy recommendations for China, 2025-2100.
- Chen, L., Guo, B., Huang, J., He, J., Wang, H., Zhang, S., & Chen, S. X. (2018). Assessing air quality in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region: The method and mixed tales of PM2.5 and O3. Atmospheric Environment, 193, 290-301.
- Air quality assessment report: evaluation of regional pollution conditions in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, 2013-2016.