2021 HKU Trade and Development Workshop


Hosted and Sponsored by ICGD
and the Economics Area
HKU Business School
The University of Hong Kong

Friday, July 30, 2021
9:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. HK Time

Morning Session
Chair: Hongsong Zhang

9:45 - 10:45 a.m.  Regional Trade Integration and Input Sourcing Patterns of Multinational Enterprise Plants: Evidence from the ECFA
          Bingjing Li, National University of Singapore
          joint with Yuting Huang

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.  Break

11:00 - 12:00 p.m.  Fragmentation and Gains from Trade
          Edwin Lai, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
          joint with Haichao Fan and Steffan Qi

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Lunch Break


Afternoon Session
Chair: Chang Sun

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.   Trade, Migration, and Pandemics: Theory and Evidence from United States
           Hanwei Huang, City University of Hong Kong
           joint with Xiao Chen, Jiandong Ju, Ruoyan Sun and Jialiang Zhang

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.   Break

3:15 - 4:15 p.m.   Impacts of FDI on Chinese Firms’ Export Quality
           Larry Qiu, Lingnan University
          joint with Qing Liu and Chaoqun Zhan

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.   Break

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.   Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Exporting of Chinese Firms
           Robin Kaiji Gong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
           joint with Amber Li and Stephen Teng Sun


Attending the Workshop
  • Please register here and select the way to attend the workshop (offline or via Zoom).
  • If you choose to attend via Zoom, you will receive the Zoom link one week before the workshop.