China Economy | Center for Economic Policy

Research Affiliate Albert Francis Park (On Leave) Chair Professor, Department of Economics
Chair Professor, Division of Social Science
Chair Professor, Division of Public Policy
Chair Professor, Institute for Public Policy Albert Park is a development and labor economist who is an expert on China’s economic development. He is Chair Professor of Economics, Chair Professor of Social Science, and Professor of Public Policy at HKUST. He has been appointed as Chief Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). His research and commentary has appeared in the Economist, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, China Daily, BBC, CNN, NBC, Bloomberg, Freakonomics, and NPR.

Research Affiliate Yao Amber Li Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Associate Director, Center for Economic Development
Associate Director of the Dean of Business & Management Professor Yao Amber Li is currently an Associate Professor of Economics in School of Business and Management, the Associate Director of Center for Economic Development and the Dean of Business & Management at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She has been serving as Vice-chairperson of the Standing Committee of CTRG (China Trade Research Group) since 2019 and Joint Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the Quality Alliance at Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau University Alliance since 2020.

Research Affiliate Wen Wang Assistant Professor, Division of Social Science Wen Wang is an assistant professor in the division of social science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She holds a PhD in Economics from Duke University. She specializes in environmental economics and urban economics, and also has interests in industrial organization and public economics. She works on developing new methods for non-market valuation of local public goods and amenities, with a particular focus on real estate market and models of residential sorting.