Dr. Yu Hong

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 development in China, the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s foreign policy, the ASEAN-China Relations, 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 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’s academic article on the topic of the Belt and Road Initiative published with the Journal of Contemporary China, has been one of the most read and cited academic journal articles on the topic. Dr. Yu is the recipient of the 2020 annual John and Vivian Sabel Award for the best article in The Journal of Contemporary China (JCC) for his article, “Motivation behind China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative and Establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank”, published in the JCC, 26 (105), (2017). He teaches various courses at the Department of Chinese Studies of the National University of Singapore. Dr. Yu has been interviewed as an expert on China, Southeast Asia and East Asia by various international and local media. He obtained his Doctor Degree from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.