David Hoffman

Vice President and Managing Director, The Conference Board China Center for Economics and Business

David R. Hoffman is vice president and managing director of The Conference Board China Center. Based in Beijing, Hoffman is responsible for the center’s strategy, research agenda, research program delivery, partner relationships with Chinese government organizations, and value delivery to members of both the China Center and The Conference Board. He leads numerous research projects and outreach activities, oversees a team of researchers in both China and New York, and coordinates the network of eminent advisors and scholars from The Conference Board who undertake China Center programs. Hoffman is also an independent, nonexecutive director of Eastern Broadcasting Corporation in Taiwan. Prior to joining The Conference Board, Hoffman led the Technology-InfoComms-Entertainment Advisory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in China (“TICE Advisory”) for 20 years, where he served the senior-most executives of technology companies, telecommunications operators, information service providers, and traditional and new media companies. He also provided extensive advice to regulators and service providers on sector development strategy, regulatory policy, regulatory risk management, and compliance.

Publications by David Hoffman

China Center Publications

• China Center Quick Note: Barring the unexpected, China’s economy to downshift considerably, as a natural consequence of both size and maturation
  21 February, 2013
• China Center Quick Note: China’s “Elections” and the Future of Reform
  21 November, 2012
• China Center Quick Note: The Missing Tea Leaves
  17 August, 2012
• China Center Quick Note: China’s Consumption Paradox
  16 July, 2012
• China’s 12th Five-Year Plan – Implications for Human Capital
  18 April, 2012
• China Productivity: Labor Productivity by Ownership Type
  20 March, 2012
• China Center QuickNote: Planning for opportunities in the event of over-slowing in China
  08 August, 2011

Executive Action Report

• Under Pressure The Widening Wage Gap between China's Haves and Have-Nots
  19 November, 2010

Research Report

• Business and Sustainability in China: Company Responses to a National Priority
  01 December, 2011