Dou Wenzhang started his professional carrier as an Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Shanxi University, teaching and conducting research in Urban Planning and Economic Geography from 1988-1995. He then joined the Institute of Economics, Peking University, as a visiting scholar specializing in regional economics research projects from 1996 to 1997. From 2001 to 2002, Dr. Dou was a postdoctoral fellow in Applied Economics at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, with a focus on telecommunications economics. At the same time, he joined China Mobile and conducted research on 3G strategy and business development & marketing strategies.

Since August 2002, Dr. Dou has been involved in the planning and fund raising for and formation of the Software & Microelectronics School at Peking University; he assumed the position of the Deputy Chairman of the Management of Technology department (MOT) in May, 2003. Dr. Dou is also a senior advisor to several provincial and municipal governments in the area of regional development, including the strategic planning of industrial parks. In 2001 Dr. Dou founded BOYA Strategy, a consulting business entity engaged in Regional Planning and Development for municipalities around China.