Huang Da

Huang Da (Chinese: 黄达; pinyin: Huáng Dá; born February 22, 1925) is a Chinese economist and was the President of Renmin University of China. He is regarded as founder of modern financial research in China.

Huang Da was born in Tianjin to an intellectual family in 1925. He was educated at Huabei Union University (华北联合大学), later Renmin University of China. He was the President of Renmin University of China from 1991 to 1994. He was founding member of Monetary Policy Commission of People's Bank of China, serving from 1997 to 1999. Huang is especially known for his "four textbooks" in finance - On Socialist Financial Questions (1981, 社会主义财政金融问题), An Introduction to General Finance-Credit Balance (1984, 财政信贷综合平衡导论), Economics of Money and Banking (1992, 货币银行学) and Finance (2004, 金融学).