The 9th ICCDS
PhD student Chenglin Li presented his research titled “Shine on Small Mines: Size-Based Economic Effects of Coal Mine Closure” at the 9th International Conference of China and Development Studies, held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
The 5th CAERE
PhD Candidate Zhenhuan Yang was invited to present his research titled “Broader But Thinner: How Extreme Rainfall Redistributes Government Support to Local Suppliers”, conducted in collaboration with Professor Yangsiyu Lu, at the 5th CAERE Annual Conference organized by Nanjing University of Finance and Economics.
RSES Workshop
PhD students Chenglin Li and Yafei Xu attended the 7th Workshop on Resource Security and Economic Sciences in Xiamen university.
ACADEMIC VISIT
Prof. Yangsiyu Lu invited Prof. Nona Nenovska from the University of Amiens, France, to visit HKUST(GZ) through the university’s Cross-disciplinary Research Funding for Visiting Scholars program (CRFVS).
2026 ICSDBE
Prof. Yangsiyu Lu recently attended the International Conference on Sustainable Development, Social Responsibility & Business Ethics (ICSDBE 2026) and delivered an academic presentation titled “Shine on Small Mines: Size-Based Economic Effects of Coal Mine Closure.”
Academic Seminar
Professor Nona Nenovska from the University of Picardy Jules Verne was invited to give a seminar titled “Slavcho Zagorov (1898–1970): A Forgotten Pioneer of Energy and Ecological Economics.”
Academic Seminar
Professor Yangsiyu Lu was invited to give a seminar at Jinan University titled “Shine on Small Mines: Size-Based Economic Effects of Coal Mine Closure.”
New Publication in Journal of Public Economics
🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to Professor Yangsiyu Lu!
We are delighted to share that Professor Yangsiyu Lu has collaborated with Jacquelyn Pless from the MIT Sloan School of Management to publish a research article in Journal of Public Economics, a leading journal in public economics, titled “Greening to Grow: Evidence from Environmental Regulation and Industrial Firm Productivity in China.”
CNCC Green Bag
PhD candidate Zhenhuan Yang was recently invited to present his doctoral research, Adapting Procurement to Climate Shocks: Government Procurement Responses to Extreme Rainfall, at the CNCC Green Bag Seminar.
Research featured in Oxford news
Research by Prof. Yangsiyu Lu was featured in Oxford INET News, highlighting her study on China’s environmental regulation and industrial firm productivity. The research shows that environmental regulation can act as a growth catalyst by encouraging firm upgrading, innovation, and more efficient resource allocation.