1. Education
PhD in Finance, School of Finance, Renmin University of China
Visiting Scholar, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
MA in Finance, School of Finance, Renmin University of China
BA in Finance, School of Economics, Sichuan University

2. Research Field
Corporate Governance（CEO Compensation, Board of Directors）, Corporate Finance

3. Research Projects
1) National Natural Science Foundation (71902076) ：The Rotation of CEOs: Determinants, Consequence and Mechanism，2020-2022，Principal Investigator；
2) Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (18LZUJBWZY101) : Individual Characteristics and Compensation Decision of Independent Directors, 2018-2019, Principal Investigator;
3) National Natural Science Foundation (71472177)：The Cronyism of Board Culture and the "Reverse Elimination" of Independent Director Turnover, 2015-2018, Core Participant;
4) National Natural Science Foundation (71272159): The Determinants and Consequence of Incentive Mechanism for Independent Directors: Evidence from Listed Companies in China, 2013-2016, Core Participant;
5) National Social Science Fund(18BGL023): Research on the Influence of the "Belt and Road" National Labor Protection System on the Efficiency of Chinese Enterprises' Foreign Direct Investment, 2018-2020, Participant;

4. Representative Publications
1) Zheng Zhigang, Liang Xinwen & Wu Xinchun.(2014).The Source of CEOs and Firm Performance. Economic Research Journal(Chinese).
2) Zheng Zhigang, Wu Xinchun & Liang Xinwen.(2014).The Economic Consequences of High Control Premiums: Evidence Based on 'Tunneling'. The Journal of World Economy(Chinese).
3) Zheng Zhigang, Liang Xinwen & Huang Jicheng.(2017).How Should Chinese Listed Companies Set Incentive Compensation Contract for Independent Directors. China’s Industrial Economics(Chinese).

5. Academic Conferences and Presentations
1) The 16th China Economics Annual Meeting, Wuhan, Hubei: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Presenter and Discussants, 2016.12;
2) The 13th Chinese Finance Annual Meeting, Dalian, Liaoning: Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Presenter and Discussants, 2016.10;
3) The 11th Chinese Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Harbin, Heilongjiang: Harbin Institute of Technology, Presenter, 2016.09;
4) The Second Empirical Corporate Governance Seminar, Jinan, Shandong: Shandong university, 2013.11;

6. Teaching Courses
Corporate Finance, Finance

7. Teaching and Research Projects
Research on the Teaching Mode of Corporate Finance Course (No:2018036), 2018-2019, Principal Investigator.

8. Awards and Honors
1) The First Prize of National Teaching Innovation Contest for College Teachers in Gansu Province (as core team member), May 2021.
2) The course of "Finance" was rated as the "First-Class Undergraduate Course of Lanzhou University" (as core team member), October 2021.
3) The course of "Finance" was rated as the "Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Course" (as core team member), June 2022.