In February 2013, Ph.D. student Xu Xin of Cohort 2008 in the Finance Department of the School of Economics and Management (SEM) at Tsinghua University was officially employed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), becoming one of the thirty Ph.D. graduates employed by the IMF Economist Program around the globe. Upon graduation, Xu will work in the IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C. and officially take position in September.

Each year through its Economist Program, the IMF hires 20–40 Ph.D. graduates of economics and finance majors from around the world, including some Chinese students studying at famous European and American universities. Xu Xin is the first student that the IMF has recruited directly from Tsinghua University and the second Ph.D. graduate that the IMF headquarters has recruited from Mainland China. She hoped that more students would join such international organizations to promote the communication between China and the world, and that her own experience could serve as a reference for fellow Tsinghua students.

XU Xin

The IMF was initiated in June 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference and formally created on December 27, 1945 in Washington, D.C. Created at the same time, the IMF and the World Bank are the two international financial pillars. The role of the IMF is to oversee monetary exchange rate and the trade of its member countries and provide support in expertise and funds, so as to ensure that the global financial system functions well.

Xu Xin graduated with her bachelor’s degree from the School of Economics at Nankai University in 2008, later got direct admission to the Ph.D. Program of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University. Her Ph.D. supervisor is Professor Li Daokui. She is expected to graduate in July 2013 with a Ph.D. degree. Her main research area comprises of financial crisis and public balance sheet.