Wenting He is a PhD candidate in International, Political, and Strategic Studies at the Australian National University. Her project examines the construction of China’s financial policy interests. Drawing on extensive empirical research, this project traces how Chinese party-state leaders, intellectuals, and media have expressed their understandings of economic structures in debates shaped by financial crises spanning the late-1980s inflation, the Asian Financial Crisis, the Global Financial Crisis, and the 2015 stock market crash. In the process, it unpacks how Chinese policymakers have sought to use markets as tools to serve the party-state’s evolving political objectives, thus shaping the path of China’s rise in the global financial system.

Wenting He’s broader research focuses on China’s financial policy, China-US relations, development finance, and international relations theory. Her work has been featured in peer-reviewed journals such as Asia Policy, influential public platforms like The Conversation and ABC News, and is forthcoming in several journal articles and book chapters published by prestigious university publishers.

Driven by a passion for education, Wenting has been actively involved in teaching and tutoring across a wide range of courses at the Australian National University. She has served as a head tutor or tutor for 12 undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international relations, taking responsibilities for tutorials, marking, and occasionally guest lecturing and administrative support. Moreover, Wenting has contributed as an assessor and guest lecturer for several professional development programs tailored for policymakers, including those for the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Defence, and the Australian Defence Force.