Xinzhu SUN (Clara)
2785 Broadway, Apt 5A, New York, NY | xs2265@columbia.edu | 718-300-5949
EDUCATION:
Columbia University
New York, NY
MA in Economics
September.2015
Coursework: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Math Methods for Economics,
Intro-Modern Analysis
Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)
Guangzhou, China
Bachelor in Applied Mathematics
July.2015
Bachelor in Economics
July.2014
GPA: 3.9/4.0 (3%), Sun Yat-Sen University Outstanding Graduates Award 2014 (3%), The Times
Real Estate Scholarship 2013 (1/200), Sun Yat-Sen University First-class Scholarship in 2012 and
2013 (1%)
RESEARCH & INTERNSHIP
Shenzhen Lonteng Assets Management Co. Ltd.
Shenzhen, China
Analyst, Research Department
Sep.2014-June.2015
 Collected and summarized industry analysis report from multiple sources
 Conducted research for the real estate and media industry and finished the economics analysis
section of the investment strategy report
 Participated in investment strategy seminars and target company info sessions
 Analyzed financial reports of a series of listed and non-listed companies and conducted
evaluation for promising investment targets
 Searched for companies with extraordinary short- term profitability, especially in the Safety &
Security industry and NFC(Near Field Communication) tech related industry
Research Assistant, Economics Department, SYSU
Feb.2013-June.2015
 Assisted Prof. Jimei Zhou and Prof. Ruiqiu Ou in their research by conducting literature review,
processing data, run regressions and etc.
 Researched on topics including Middle Income Trap of China, The Impact of Dislocation
Development of Guangzhou and Shenzhen on the Improvement of Overall Competitiveness of the
Pearl River Delta.
 Took part in the collaborative efforts of drafting of the Blueprint of Guangdong Provincial
Economic Development.
 Participated in academic conferences including the Challenges for China’s Sustainable
Development and the Objective of Sustainable Development of United Nations organized by
China Research Institute for Sustainable Development and United Nations Association of China.
Education Promotes Urbanization Process -the Human Capital Investment of Rural Residents
in the Household Registration System of China
Sept.2013-Dec. 2014
 Conducted a literature survey by reading over 100 articles on inequity, urbanization, human
recourses, education and economic development.
 Used a two-sector economic growth model and private heritage equilibrium model to analyze the
optimal level of heritage for a rural residence to make the decision of accepting higher education.
 Concluded human capital investment of rural residents depends on economic growth, income
inequality between urban and rural residence, marginal rate of consumption and the wage of rural
residence in the Household Registration System of China
 Suggested the government reduce income differences between rural and urban residence, raise
the minimum wage, improve efficiency of capital market, stimulate rural households’
consumption and invest more to higher education to promote urbanization
 Built a theoretical model to deduct the effect of urbanization on economic growth
 Will be published on Journal of Sun Yat-Sen University Social Science Edition
Sustainable Development of the Zhuhai City: Impacts of Human Capital Factor
April.2013-Aug.2013
 Researched on the potential impact of College Park on human capital of Zhuhai City
 Drew a sample of education, experience, expectancy and population from Zhuhai Census Data
and National Statistical Yearbook.
 Tested the causality between Human Capital and Economic Growth using data from Zhuhai City
using Eviews software
 Put forward policy suggestions for Zhuhai City to optimize its human resource structure to
provide an inexhaustible motivation for sustainable development: perfecting the construction of
College Park and retaining talent instead of attracting talent
 Published on the Journal of Exploration for Zhuhai Sustainable Development.
SKILLS
Statistics: Stata, Matlab, R, SPSS, Eviews
Programming: C, C++, Mathematica