Dong Fan

Dong Fan (董藩)

Dong Fan (董藩) is a professor and director of the Real Estate Research Center of the Beijing Normal University. Born in 1967, Dong graduated from the Renmin University of China in 2003 and received a Ph.D. in economics. He is an influential person in the field of Chinese real estate and social sciences. Dong told his graduate students in his micro blog on April 4, 2011 that they should not "visit him or mention him as their mentor if they cannot amass a fortune of 40 million yuan (US$6.1 million) by the age of 40. For highly educated people, poverty means disgrace and failure."

His words have attracted the attention of thousands of netizens and triggered a heated discussion on the issue of money worship in China's educational system. In response to doubts and criticism, Dong took to his microblog on April 7 to clarify that his "teasing" words only served to encourage his students to work hard upon entering the business world and that his message did not apply to all occupations.

"Forty million yuan won't be a high standard for a senior manager or proprietor with a postgraduate degree when my students turn 40," Dong wrote, adding that his remarks were "about money and investments in the real estate field, not a comment on morality. It's not necessarily worldly to talk about money just as it's not always chaste to talk about art."

Dong Fan's academic papers in international conferences

• A Theory of "Concentric Liberalization, Reinvesting in the Hollow Core." - Proceedings of 2003 International Conference on Management Science & Engineering (August 2003, USA).

• A Good Combination of Public Management and Market Mechanism - Legal Interpretation of Pledge of Public Real Property Usufruct - 5th International Conference on Management (May 2004, Macau).

• A Brief Exposition of Chinese City Administration Mechanism - 5th International Conference on Management (May2004, Macau).

• New Programme for the Socialization of Teachers in China's Universities - 5th International Conference on Management (May 2004, Macau).

• The Influence of China's Access to WTO on the Growth Rate of its Economy - Proceedings of 2004 International Conference on Management Science & Engineering (August 2004, Harbin).

• Motivation and Planning for Developing International Economic Cooperation Belt along the Western Border of China, 2005 International Conference on Public Administration (UESTC Press, October 2005).

• Establishment of People's Right of Participation in Water Resources Management in China, 2005 International Conference on Public Administration (UESTC Press, October 2005).

• Will the develop-the-west strategy Improve Economic Growth Dramatically? - The 3er Forum on North-East Asia Economy and Management Cooperation (Sep. 2004, Beijing).

• Developing Basis and Program of International Economic Cooperation Belt along the Western Border of China - The 3rd Forum on North-East Asia Economy and Management Cooperation (Sep. 2004, Beijing).

• The Serious Problems and Countermeasures on Water Resources Management in China，The 4th International Conference on Watershed Management and City Water Supply (Dec, 2004, Shenzhen).

• The Strategic Choices of China's Dwelling Construction for the 21st Century, 6th International Research Conference on Housing (Sep. 1994, Beijing).

• The Leading Industry in West China - Is Heavy Industry the Scientific Choice?-International Conference on the Private Enterprise in the Development of China's Inland Region (June 1997, Kunming).

• On the Issuing of Stocks of Private Firms - Asia's Capital Forum (Jan. 1999, Beijing)

• On the Management of the Issuing and Circulation of State-owned stocks - Asia's Capital Forum (Jan. 1999, Beijing).

• On the Futures Market and the Reform of China's System in the Circulation of Grain - Asia's Capital Forum (Jan. 1999, Beijing).

• Is the Bubble Too Big? - Reconsideration of the Boom and the Situation of China's Real Estate Market，Green Inhabitation and the Sustainable Development of the Housing Industry - Proceeding of the International Conference on Green Inhabitation (Nov. 2002, Hangzhou)

• The 46th IFHP World Congress (Sep.2002, Tianjin); The 3rd International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management: Construction Management Modernization (Dec. 2004, Hong Kong).

• Quickening the Training of Talents in Urban Management--Green Inhabitation and the Sustainable Development of the Housing Industry - Proceeding of the International Conference on Green Inhabitation (Nov, 2002, Hangzhou).

• New Idea on Raising Money for Education, International Conference on High Education in 21st Century: Fairness & Efficiency (Sep. 2002, Xiamen).

• Establishing an International Economic Cooperation Belt Along the Western Border of China to Promote Economic Growth--Asian Economic Cooperation in the New Millennium: China's Economic Presence (May 2002, Beijing).

• Establishing an International Economic Cooperation Belt Along the Western Border of China - The Completely New Conception to Realize the Organic Integration of Developing and Opening China's West - China's Industrial Development and Enterprise Reform (Oct. 2001, Nanchang).

• Countermeasures on Sustainable Utilization of Water Resources in China, 2005 CES international conference on sustainable economic growth in China (Chongqing), volume 3, 2005.6; The 2nd International Yellow River Forum (IYRF) on Keeping Healthy Life of the River and Modern River Basin Management (Oct. 21-24, 2005, Zhengzhou).

• Will the Develop-the-west strategy Improve Economic Growth Dramatically? 2005 CES international conference on sustainable economic growth in China, volume 1.

• Conflicts and Equity of Non-agricultural Land Use in China, Proceedings of 2008 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management, October 4-5, 2008 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

• Housing Price, Commuting Costs and Residential Land Planning, Proceedings of 2008 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management, October 4-5, 2008.