Quan Hansheng (; September 19, 1912 – November 29, 2001) was a Chinese Economic historian. Quan's research focused on Chinese monetary history, commodity prices and foreign trade. He elected an Academician of Academia Sinica in 1984,[1] and he held professorships at National Taiwan University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Quan was born in Shunde, Guangdong, on September 19, 1912. The family moved to Foshan in 1915, where he received primary private education, and then to Guangzhou in 1926, where he attended the Guangzhou No.1 Middle School. After graduation he went to Peking University in Beijing, reading history.
In 1944, Quan was invited to study at Columbia University, Harvard, and Chicago University, respectively. He went back to China in 1947 and taught at National Central University in Nanjing.
Quan was the dean of New Asia College from 1975 to 1977. He died on November 29, 2001, in Taipei.