Dr. Yu Hong
Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
Dr. Yu Hong is a Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He is Editor of East Asian Policy, an international journal for policy research on East Asia. His research interests cover regional economic development in China, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China’s state-owned enterprises and railway sector reform. Dr Yu’s research and review articles have appeared in many internationally peer-reviewed journals such as Cambridge Review of International Affairs; Journal of Contemporary Asia; Journal of Contemporary China; Pacific Affairs; Asian Survey; China: An International Journal; Asian Studies Review; Asia Policy; East Asia: An International Quarterly; The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies and Asian Politics & Policy. He is the author of four monographs including Economic Development and Inequality in China: The Case of Guangdong (Routledge, London and New York: 2011); Chinese Regions in Change: Industrial Upgrading and Regional Development Strategies (Routledge, London and New York: 2015) and Belt and Road Initiative, The Rise of China and International Cooperation: What Does it Mean to China and the Region? (in Chinese) (World Affairs Press, Beijing: 2017). His latest book is Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Springer Nature, Berlin and Singapore: 2024). Dr Yu has been interviewed as an expert on China and East Asia by various international and local media. He obtained his Doctor Degree from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He teaches courses on “Contemporary China-Southeast Asian Relations” and “Contemporary Chinese Governance and Development” for the Master of Arts programme at the National University of Singapore. His academic article entitled “Motivation behind China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ Initiatives and Establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank”, which was published by the Journal of Contemporary China in 2017, has been one of the most read and cited articles on the topic in the academic journals. Dr Yu is the recipient of the fifth annual John and Vivian Sabel Award for the best article by the Journal of Contemporary China.
