Professor Xiaojie (Steven) Xu is
the Head of Institute of World Economics & Politics' International Energy Program, China Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, and an independent petroleum investment advisor to State Energy Bureau, national oil companies, energy service firms, along with professional associations and research institutes domestically and abroad. Xu was the first director of Overseas Investment at China National Petroleum Corporation and remains the Chief Professor of the Institute of Geopolitics and Energy Economics at the East China Normal University, Shanghai. Xu is a lead expert of numerous Chinese and English professional consulting reports, speeches, research papers/chapters and books including "Petro-Dragon's Rise: What It Means for China and the World" (European Press, 2002). Xu has been with the petroleum industry since 1983. He graduated from Zhejiang University, and received education in Canada, the USA and France as a visiting scholar in the late 1995, early 1997 and early 2001.
To review Xu's research and advisory areas, and a list of his publications, click here.
