Who’s Speaking

Our speaker Dr. Sarah Y Tong for ORCA's Global Conference on New Sinology 2024

Dr. Sarah Y Tong

Dr. Sarah Y Tong

Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

Dr. Tong is a Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore and its cluster coordinator for the economics team. She also co-drives the institute’s research efforts on the social and economic implications of population aging in China. Her research interests concentrate on the development and transformation of the Chinese Economy, including development in trade and foreign investment, development of regions, financial sector reforms, the reforms of state-owned enterprises, industrial policies and restructuring, and social economic impact of population aging. Her work appeared in journals such as Journal of International Economics, Global Economic Review, China: An International Journal, Review of Development Economics, China and the World Economy, Comparative Economic Studies, and China Economic Review. In addition to contributing chapters to numerous books on contemporary China, she also edited and co-edited books.