Dr. Yang Chen is an Associate Professor in Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), and has been the Programme Director of Economics and Finance programme during 2016-2019 and the Deputy Director of Research Institute of Economic Integration (RIEI) of XJTLU during 2016-2017. She had organized the XJTLU flagship event--the Conference of Asia and Pacific Economies (CAPE) for 12 years joint with the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and has collaborated with Tsinghua University to organize the 11th International Conference on Chinese Economy: the Past, the Present, and the Future. She obtained PhD Degree in Economics from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Her research interests mainly include urban economics, public finance, environmental economics, and development issues on Chinese economy. She has good publications in ABS-3* and ABDC A*(A) journals such as Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Business Strategy and the Environment, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Economic Letters, Energy Economics, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Environmental Management, Oxford Economic Papers, and Urban Studies. Her research projects have been funded by Provincial Government of Jiangsu on talent agglomeration (江苏省双创博士集聚计划), by Lincoln Institute (林肯研究院) on fiscal decentralization, and by Asian Development Bank (亚洲银行) on innovation network. She has also published one book as well as multiple book chapters by Palgrave Macmillan. Yang's most recent research focus spans across Chinese green innovation transformation, individual inventor's patenting strategy, the synergy between culture & innovation at home and abroad, as well as data capital and global value chain. 

Banking and Finance

Development Issues in China

Environmental Economics

Innovation Economics

Public Finance

Urban Economics

2022-Present, Associate Professor, International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

2020-2023, Adjust Senior Research Fellow at the XIPU Institution (No. 202028), Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

2016-2022, Assistant Professor, International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

2012-2016, Lecturer, International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University

2013-2017, Research Committee Member, Institute of Leadership and Education Advanced Development (ILEAD), Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

2013-2014: Research Fellow, Peking University-Lincoln Insitiute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy

2012-Present, Board Member, Jiaxing Feizhi Information Technology

2011-2012, Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

2008-2011, Research Fellow, Lien Chinese Enterprise Research Center, Naynag Technological University, Singapore

ECO004 Trends in Economics and Finance

ECO102 Principles of Macroeconomics

ECO105 Introduction to Business and Economics

ECO118 Maths for Economics and Business

ECO219 Theory of the Firm

ECO220 Microeconomics II

ECO224 Intermediate Macroeconomics

ECO405 Managing the Economic Context (Executive Education)

ECO601 PhD Supervision

INS 413 Master Supervision

MAN303 Final Year Project

Summer School Module: Doing Business in a Changing China

2025: Nominated as member of Academic Expert Pool for Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology (苏州市工业和信息化局相关领域辅导专家）

2023-2024: Expert in the National Undergraduate Thesis (Design) Sampling Assessment Expert Database, Ministry of Education, China 

2024: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowip (SURF) Student-nominated Winner Project

2023: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Excellent Project, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

2022: Excellent Paper Award Finalist in the 6th Thougt Leaders' Conference of Marketing Science and Innovation (MSI 2022) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change Special Issue Academic Conference

2017: Fellow in the Higher Educaion Academy (FHEA)

2014: Jiangsu Province Talent Agglomeration Plan (江苏省双创博士集聚计划）

2013: The best business project awarded by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) (Honored by Weiwei Song), Institute of Chartered Accountants

2006-2010: Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

2006: Excellent Graduate (given to top 1% students in China), Henan Province

2005: National-Level First Prize (Henan Division), National English Competition for College Students

2004: Outstanding Student Leader, Henan University

2003: Excellent Investigator in Social Training Program, Henan University

2003-2006: First-Tier Academic Excellence Scholarship, Henan University