RESEARCH GRANTS
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund, Principal Investigator, “Do Place-based Policies Work? Agglomeration, Creation and Displacement: Lessons from China's Economic Zone Program”, HK$140,000 (2015–2017).
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Institute for Emerging Market Studies Grant, Principal Investigator, “Place-based Policies, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China’s Economic Zones”, HK$200,000 (2015–2016).
- World Bank, Grant to the Program on Jobs and Development: Creating Multidisciplinary Solutions, Principal Investigator, “Structural Transformation in China”, HK$100,000 (2015).
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, School-based Initiatives, Principal Investigator, “To Break the Poverty Trap: The Effects of China's Western Development Strategy on Local Economy”, HK$68,800 (2014–2015).
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Institute for Emerging Market Studies Grant, Principal Investigator, “Understanding Firms in Emerging Transitional Economies: China and Central-Eastern Europe Compared”, HK$125,000 (2014–2016).
- Hong Kong University Grants Committee, Research Infrastructure Grant, Principal Investigator, “Productivity Difference across Transition Economies: The Role of Policy-induced Firm-level Misallocation Distortions”, HK$50,000 (2013–2015).
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, School-based Initiatives and Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Direct Allocation Grant, Principal Investigator, “The Effects of Ownership and Business Environment on Firm Performance: Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries versus China”, HK$75,000 (2012–2014).
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Direct Allocation Grant, Principal Investigator, “The Impact of Special Economic Zones on Regional Economy: Micro-evidence from China”, HK$103,300 (2010–2014).
HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2008–2009: Research Studentship, London School of Economics
2008: Michio Morishima Fund for PhD Student, London School of Economics
2005–2008: Vincent Cheng Scholarship, London School of Economics
1999–2004: Scholarship for Excellent Students, Tsinghua University, China
2002: Second-class Prize in Paper Contest for Telecommunications Universal Service, the Ministry of Information Industry of China
2008: Michio Morishima Fund for PhD Student, London School of Economics
2005–2008: Vincent Cheng Scholarship, London School of Economics
1999–2004: Scholarship for Excellent Students, Tsinghua University, China
2002: Second-class Prize in Paper Contest for Telecommunications Universal Service, the Ministry of Information Industry of China