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CHEN Long is co-founder and managing partner of Plenum, an independent consultancy advising global investors and multinational corporations on China. He manages Plenum’s research and is the lead economist. He started the career on the equity trading floors in Hong Kong and worked as the China economist for Gavekal Dragonomics until founding Plenum in 2019. He writes extensively on China’s economy, government policies, financial markets and geopolitics. His work is quoted frequently by the global media including the Financial Times, the Economist, and Bloomberg. A native Beijinger, he was educated at Peking University.

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Chucheng covers Chinese politics at Plenum, advising sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, and multinational corporations on political trends and personnel changes in China. Before founding Plenum, Chucheng worked at Blackpeak as a political risk associate, covering greater China and several Southeast Asian markets from Hong Kong. He also worked at Eurasia Group’s Washington DC office, where he advised hedge funds, private equities and mutual funds on investment strategy, and consulted for multinational corporations on Chinese politics’ impact to their businesses. Chucheng focuses his research particularly on elite politics, anti-corruption, and central-local relationships—the most important political drivers behind China’s policymaking.

Chucheng holds bachelor degrees in political science and history from University of California, Berkeley and a master degree in political science from Columbia University. He has been named an Anne H. Scott Memorial Scholar of Chinese Studies by Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies, a Young Scholar by China Institute of International Studies, and a Young Leader by Council for the United States and Italy. A native Chinese, he is fluent in both mandarin Chinese and English.