Name       : ZHAGN Rong Department : Department of Applied Economics Title      : Professor Degree     : Ph.D. Phone      : 86-23-65102571 Email      : zhangrong@cqu.edu.cn

Positions
Professor of Economics Department, Sep 2007-present; Associate Professor, Sep 2000-Sep 2007; Assistant Professor, Sep 1998-Sep 2000; Postdoctor(Oct 1999 - Oct 2002), SEBA, CQU
Head of Economics Department(2008-2014), SEBA, CQU
Academic Visitor(Jul 2015-Aug 2015), Department of Economics, University of York, UK
Academic Visitor(Mar 2013-Aug 2013), Department of Economics, University of York, UK
Academic Visitor(Apr 2004-Mar 2005), School of Management, UTD, USA
Academic Visitor(Mar 1999 - Jul 1999), Department of Finance, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China

Education
PhD (Systems Science), Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1995-1998
M.S. (Mathematics), Beijing University of Technology, China, 1992-1995
B.S. (Mathematics), Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China, 1988-1992

Research Interests
Economic Growth, Energy Market, Natural Gas Market, Health Economics, Differential Game, Optimal Control, Active Disturbance Rejection Control(ADRC), ANN, Symbolical Dynamics

Publications:
Zaifu Yang, Rong Zhang, Zongyi Zhang, An Exploration of a Strategic Competition Model for the European Union Natural Gas Market, Energy Economics, 57, 236-242, 2016.
Zaifu Yang, Rong Zhang, Rational Addictive Behavior under Uncertainty. Discussion paper No. 14/12, 2014, Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York.
Zhang, R. and Z. Y. Zhang, Information Structures in Generator Bidding, System Engineering Theory and Practice, 2013, 33(1):92-98, in Chinese.
Zhang, R. Parameter Computation for the Periodic Orbits of Trapezoid Maps, Journal of Sys. Sci. and Math. Sci., 2012(1):27-35, in Chinese.
Zhang, R. An Economic Interpretation of ADRC, Proceedings of the 2011 Chinese Control and Decision Conference(CCDC), 2731-2735, in English.
Zhang, R and Huang, X.X. A Differential Game Model for a Developing and a Developed Country, Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 2009(2):171-185, in English.
Zhang, R. and X. X. Huang, Asymmetric Generator Bidding Constrained by Cost and Demand, System Engineering Theory and Practice, 2009(1):37-43, in Chinese.
Huang X.X. and R. Zhang, Dynamic Investment Strategy with a Convex-Concave Production Function, System Engineering Theory and Practice, 2008(12):19-29, in Chinese.
Sethi, S.P., Yeh, H.M., Zhang, R., and Jardine, A., Optimal Maintenance and Replacement of Extraction Machinery, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 2008(4):416-431, in English.
Haruvy, E, A. Prasad, S. Sethi, and R. Zhang, Competition with Open Source as a Public Good, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 2008(1):199-211, in English.

Grants and Awards
1. Game between Natural Gas Importing Countries with Geopolitics (SSFC, Grant No.: 16BGL136, June 2016-June 2019)
2. The New Century Excellent Talent Foundation Sponsored by Education Ministry of China, “Dynamic Equilibrium Strategy of Global Natural Gas Trade under Uncertainty”(Grant No.: NCET-12-0588, Jan 2013 – Dec 2015)
3. Nash Equilibrium in Differential Game based on ADRC(NSFC, Grant No.: 71071172, Jan 2011-Dec 2013)
4. Differential Game in Duopolistic Market with Uncertain Time Horizon(NSFC, Grant No.: 70771118, Jan 2008-Dec 2010)
5. The Theory of Multicriteria Differential Game and its Application(NSFC, Grant No.: 70371030, Jan 2004-Dec 2006)
6. Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Sponsored by Education Ministry of China, “Bicriteria Differential Game”(Jan 2007-Dec 2008)
7. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, “Convergence Analysis for Parameter Identification by Successive Approximation Based on ADRC”(Oct 1999-Oct 2002)

Teaching
1. Undergraduate: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Technical Economics.
2. Graduate: Intermediate Economics
3. PhD: Mathematical Economics

Activities
1. AEA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, Jan 2014.
2. 51st EWGFM Meeting, London, UK, May 2013.