Education

Ph.D., Economics

Major in Statistics, Renmin University of China, September 1998 – June 2001

M.A., Economics

Major in Statistics, Renmin University of China, September 1995 – June 1998

B.A., Economics

Major in Statistics, Renmin University of China, September 1991 – July 1995

Work Experience

Professor, School of Statistics, Renmin University of China, August 2024 – Present

Associate Professor, School of Statistics, Renmin University of China, July 2007 – August 2024

Assistant Professor, School of Statistics, Renmin University of China, July 2001 – July 2007

Associate Director, National Survey Research Center at Renmin University of China, March 2025 – Present.

Associate Director, Center for Applied Statistics of Renmin University of China, January 2020 – Present

Associate Director (on secondment), Ningde Municipal Bureau of Statistics, July 2019 – September 2020

Research Interests

Sampling technique, Survey methodology, Evaluation of data quality, Surveys and data analysis in land economics, social security, and related fields.

Honors and Awards

1.Principal Investigator of a National First-Class Undergraduate Course, First Recipient, Ministry of Education, 2023.

2.Outstanding Mentor at the 6th National College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference, 2013.

3.Outstanding Contributor to Summer Social Practice Programs for College and Vocational Students in Beijing, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, 2018.

4.Outstanding Award for Undergraduate Extracurricular Teaching, Renmin University of China, 2016.

5.Outstanding Instructor for Freshman Seminar Courses, Renmin University of China, 2015.

6.Second Prize, 12th Beijing Statistical Research Excellence Paper Competition, Co-recipient, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, 2014.

7.Special Prize Advisor, “Challenge Cup” Capital University Students’ Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Competition, Co-recipient, China Communist Youth League Beijing Committee, 2013.

8.First Prize Advisor, “Challenge Cup” National College Students' Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Competition, 2nd Recipient, Communist Youth League of China, 2013.

9.Outstanding Class Advisor, Renmin University of China, 2019.

10.Undergraduate Extracurricular Teaching Excellence Award, Renmin University of China, 2016.

11.Top Ten Class Advisors, Renmin University of China, 2013.

Funding

1.Design of the Survey Plan for the National Statistical Monitoring System for Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Principal Investigator, 2024.

2.Ex-post Evaluation of the Survey Project on the International Competitiveness of Key Products, Ministry of Finance, Principal Investigator, 2021.

3.Study on the Evaluation System for Statistical Survey Projects, National Bureau of Statistics, Principal Investigator, 2020–2021.

4.Study on the Sampling Survey System for “Four Types of Under-Scale” Enterprises and Individual Businesses, Fujian Provincial Bureau of Statistics, Principal Investigator, 2020.

5.Study on Regional Economic Difference and Coordinated Development in Northeast Fujian, Fujian Provincial Bureau of Statistics, Principal Investigator, 2019.

6.Practical Exploration of Sampling Technique in Business Sentiment Surveys, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Principal Investigator, 2019.

7.Special Research Project on National Basic Education Equipment, Ministry of Education Center for Research and Development of Educational Equipment, Principal Investigator, 2016–2018.

8.Big Data Analysis of Key Economic Operations in Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, Principal Investigator, 2016–2017.

9.Study on the Sustainability of Urban Employee Pension Insurance, Asian Development Bank Technical Assistance Project TA-8463 PRC, Principal Investigator, 2014–2016.

10.Study on the Trend of Global Crude Oil Price Following the Financial Crisis, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Principal Investigator, 2013–2014.

11.Design of a Trade Credit Survey Scheme, State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Principal Investigator, 2012–2014.

12.Study on the Statistical System for Tourism Services Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Principal Investigator, 2013.

13.Evaluation of China’s Pension and Medical Security Policies, Research Fund Brand Project of Renmin University of China, Principal Investigator, 2011–2014.

14.Consumer Confidence Index of China Insurance Industry in 2024, China Insurance Security Fund Project, Principal Investigator, 2014–2015.

15.Sampling Design for Sampling Assessment System of the Customs Declaration Form, General Administration of Customs, Principal Investigator, 2007–2009.

16.Study on Faculty Satisfaction at Renmin University of China, Fundamental Research Funds of Renmin University of China, Principal Investigator, 2004–2008.

Publications

1.Zhao Jiangmeng, Jiang Yan*. How do Certificates Work: Conditional Mechanisms of Rural Land Rights Confirmation to Increase Land Acquisition Compensation. China Land Science, 2025, 39(01):19-28.

2.Wang Feifei, Wang Liqiong, Zhao Zimeng, Jiang Yan*. An Automatic Coding Method for Open-Ended Questions in Survey. Journal of Systems Science and Mathematical Sciences, 2025(05):1-18.

3.Li Cong, Jiang Yan*. The Impact of the Interaction between Land Transfer and Labor Force Transfer on the Income Gap between Urban and Rural Areas. Business Research, 2024, (05).

4.Li Cong, Jiang Yan*. Can Comprehensive Reform of the Land System Drive the Flow of Urban-Rural Factor: Theoretical Logic and Empirical Testing. Explorations in Economic Issues. Inquiry into Economic Issues, 2024, (06):73-89.

5.Cui Yilin, Jiang Yan*, Zhao Jiangmeng. Land Title Clarification, Factor Allocation, and Farm Household Income Inequality: An Empirical Analysis Based on CHARLS 2018 Data. Rural Economy, 2024(01):45-53.

6.Liu Xiaoyu, Jiang Yan*.A Study on Small Area Estimation Using Nonparametric Hierarchical Bayesian Model with Sampling Weights Adjusting. Journal of Systems Science and Mathematical Sciences, 2023,43(12):3312-3323.

7.Jiang Yan, Li Yixin, Cui Yilin. Rural Land Titling, Farmers’ Investment and Rural Credit: Based on the Empirical Analysis of the 2019 “Thousand Students, Hundred Villages”. China Land Science, 2022, 36(07): 63–73.

8.Jiang Yan, Meng Zhufeng, Wang Tianjia. Improved Estimator Based on DCSBM in Respondent-Driven Sampling. Journal of Systems Science and Mathematical Sciences, 2022, 42(01): 85–99.

9.Li Yixin, Jiang Yan*. Research on the Incentive Compatibility Mechanism of China’s Agricultural Land System from the Perspective of Mechanism Design. Journal of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, 2022(04):108-122.

10.Guo Xiaoping, Liu Qiang, Liu Shaoxuan, Yin Wei, Jiang Yan. Continuing to Enhance the Practical and Innovative Capabilities of Teachers: Insights from the 2021 National Excellent Self-Made Teaching Aids Research for Primary and Secondary Schools. People’s Education, 2022(21):54-57.

11.Feng Lei, Hu Yijie, Jiang Yan*.The Deepening and Breakthrough of China’s Rural Land Transfer Rights Reform: An Analysis Based on the 2018 “One Thousand Students and One Hundred Villages” Survey. China Rural Economy, 2020(12):2-21.

12.Jiang Yan, Zhang Yuming, Zhu Yandi, et al. Health Insurance Utilization and Medical Expenditure of the Middle-Aged and Elderly in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020, 21(07):760-768.

13.Feng Lei, Li Yixin, Jiang Yan*, Hu Yijie. Land Certificate, Heterogeneity, and Land Transfer—An Empirical Study Based on 2018 "Thousand Students, Hundred Villages" Rural Survey. Journal of Public Management, 2021, 18(01): 151–164+176.

14.Zhang Huifeng, Jiang Yan. The Logical Dilemma of Modernizing Time-Honored Brands: Art, Gender, and Mindfulness. Tsinghua Management Review, 2019(Z2):96-103

15.Ma Chenjin, Wang Yu, Jiang Yan, et al. Health Insurance utilization and medical expenditure among middle-aged and elderly population in Henan province: a cross-sectional study. Chinese Journal of Public Health,2018,34(05):655-659.

16.Ye Jianping, Feng Lei, Jiang Yan, Lang Yu, Roy Prosterman. A Study on Rural Land Use Rights in China in 2016: Survey Results and Policy Recommendations from 17 Provinces. Management World, 2018 (3): 12-22.

17.Feng Lei, Jiang Yan*, Ye Jianping. Induced Institutional Change or Imposed Institutional Change? — Institutional Change and Regional Difference of Land Reallocations in Rural China. Economic Research Journal, 2013 (6): 4–18, 57.

18.Feng Lei, Jiang Yan, Ye Jianping, Zhu Keliang. The Farmers’ Attitudes Toward Institutional Change of Land Reallocation in Rural China: An Empirical Study Based on a Survey of 17 Provinces from 1999 to 2010. Management World, 2013 (7): 44–58.

19.Wang Yu, Jiang Yan, Li Yang, Zhang Yuming, Wang Xiaojun, Ma Shuangge. The study of medical expenditure and access to healthcare among the middle-aged and elderly. Modern Preventive Medicine, 2015(5):116-127.

20.Wang Yu, Jiang Yan, Wang Xiaojun, Li Yang, Ma Shuangge. The Cross-Sectional Study of Health Insurance Utilization and Its Impact among Middle-aged and Elderly Population in China. Insurance Research, 2014(5): 116–127.

21.Feng Lei, Miao Tian, Jiang Yan. The Effect of Land Supply Restriction on Housing Price Fluctuation in China. Economic Theory and Economic Management, 2011 (2): 33–40.

22.Feng Lei, Jiang Yan, Huang Xiaoyu. Land Use Structure and Socioeconomic Structure：

Empirical Analysis Based on Different Regions of China. Areal Research and Development, 2011, 30 (1): 110–115.

23.Feng Lei, Ye Jianping, Jiang Yan*, et al. The Sequential Variation and Regional Difference of Land Reallocation in Rural China: An Empirical Study Based on a Survey of 17 Provinces from 1999 to 2010. China Land Science, 2011, 25(05): 14–22.

24.Zeng Xiangang, Jiang Yan. Evaluation of value of statistical life in health costs attributable to air pollution. China Environmental Science, 2010, 30(2): 284–288.

25.Ye Jianping, Feng Lei, Jiang Yan, Roy Prosterman, Zhu Kelang. A Study on Rural Land Use Rights in China in 2008: Survey Results and Policy Recommendations from 17 Provinces. Management World, 2010 (1): 64–73.

26.Feng Lei, Wei Li, Jiang Yan. Study On the Contribution of Land Element to Economic Growth in China. China Land Science, 2008, 22 (12): 4–9.

27.Ye Jianping, Jiang Yan, Roy Prosterman, Zhu Kelang, Feng Lei, Li Ping. A Study on Rural Land Use Rights in China in 2005: Survey Results and Policy Recommendations from 17 Provinces. Management World, 2006 (7): 77–84.

28.Ye Jianping, Jiang Yan, Feng Lei. Study on Land Transfer Market in Rural China. China Rural Survey, 2006 (4): 48–55.

29.Feng Lei, Jiang Yan. The Approaches and Methods of Land Policy Participation in Macroeconomic Regulation. Guangming Daily (Theory Section), June 24, 2006.

30.Jiang Yan, Ma Jingyi. Estimation and Testing of the Customer Satisfaction Index Model. Statistics & Decision, 2006 (4): 12–15.

31.Jiang Yan. Application of Double Sampling to Non-response Issues. Review of Statistics, 2006 (1): 37–44.

32.Huang Xiaoyu, Jiang Yan, Feng Lei. Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Study on Interdependence between Land market and Macroeconomic. China Land Science, 2006, 20 (4): 2–8.

33.Helen X.H. Bao, Yan Jiang*, Ziyou Wang, Lei Feng. Social capital and the effectiveness of land use policies: Evidence from rural China. Land Use Policy, Volume 139,2024,107069.

34.Feng, L. , Zhang, M. , Li, Y. , & Jiang, Y*. Satisfaction principle or efficiency principle? decision-making behavior of peasant households in china's rural land market[J]. Land Use Policy, 2020，99.

35.Wang Y, Zhang Y, Ma C, Jiang Y, Li Y, Wang X, Ma S. Limited effects of the comprehensive pricing healthcare reform in China. Public Health. 2019 Oct;175:4-7.

36.Ma, C., Jiang, Y., Li, Y. et al. Medical expenditure for middle-aged and elderly in Beijing. BMC Health Serv Res 19, 360 (2019).

37.Bin Liu, Cindy Long Yu, Michael Joseph Price, Yan Jiang，2018(3). Generalized Method of Moments Estimators for Multiple Treatment Effects Using Observational Data from Complex Surveys. Journal of Official Statistics. (SCI)

38.Yan Jiang, Yu Wang, Yang Li, Yuming Zhang, Yinjun Zhao, Xiaojun Wang, Chi Ma， Shuangge Ma, 2017(2). Inpatient treatment for the middle-aged and elderly in central China. Frontiers in Public Health. SCI(E)

39.Yan Jiang, Yu Wang, Yang Li, Xiaojun Wang, Chi Ma，Shuangge Ma，2015(5). Prevalence, characteristics, and cost of self-treatment in the middle-aged and elderly: observations from Henan, China. Public Health. (SCI)

40.Feng L., Bao H., Jiang Y., 2014. Land Reallocation Reform in Rural China: A Behavioral Economics Perspective. Land Use Policy, Vol. 41: 246-259. (SSCI)

41.Jiang Yan, Wang Yu, Wang Xiaojun, Li Yang, Ma Shuangge, 2013(12). Access to Healthcare and Medical Expenditure for the Middle-aged and Elderly: Observations from China. PLOS One. (SCI)

42.Wang Yu, Jiang Yan, Wang Xiaojun, Li Yang, Ma Shuangge, 2013(5). Health Insurance Utilization and Its Impact: Observations from the Middle-Aged and Elderly in China. PLOS One. (SCI)

43.Jiang Yan, Feng Lei, Dan Mo, Tan Xueqin. Housing Market Cycle in China: An Empirical Study Based on Stock-Flow Model. 2010 International Conference on Management Science & Engineering: 17th Annual Conference Proceedings, 2010: 1671-1676. (EI/ISTP)

Books & Textbooks

1.Jiang Yan, Wang Weimin, Jian Ming, Jin Yongjin. Market Research (Fifth Edition), China Renmin University Press, March 2024.

2.Jin Yongjin, Du Zifang, Jiang Yan. Sampling Technique (Fifth Edition), China Renmin University Press, May 2021.

3.Gao Mingxue, Jiang Yan. Applied Statistics Tutor-Case to Teaching and Learning, China Renmin University Press, May 2013.

Teaching

Undergraduate Courses: Sampling Techniques, Statistical Survey

Graduate Courses: Survey Organization and Design, Statistical Consulting

Professional Service

Executive Council Member & Deputy Secretary-General, Commerce Statistical Society of China, Survey and Teaching Research Branch, November 2020-October 2025.

Third Executive Council Member, Chinese Association for Applied Statistics, Statistical Surveys Branch.

Eleventh Council Member, Beijing Statistical Society.