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Professor, Department of Economics
Professor, Division of Public Policy Edwin Lai is currently Associate Director of the Center for Economic Policy (since 2021). He is Professor of Economics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since July 2009, and later jointly appointed as the Director of the Center for Economic Development (2017-2021) and jointly-appointed as Professor in the Division of Public Policy (since 2018). He was Senior Research Economist and Adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas of the Federal Reserve System of the USA, from August 2007 to June 2009.




Associate Director, Center for Economic Development 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 Faculty Associate of the Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS) 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.

