Academic Experience

Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, 2022–Present  

Associate Professor, China Institute of Development Strategy and Planning, Wuhan University, 2018–2022  

Lecturer, China Institute of Development Strategy and Planning, Wuhan University, 2015–2018  

Teaching and Research Fields

Courses Taught: New Economic Geography, Macroeconomics, Regional Economics  

Research Areas: Spatial Economics, International Trade  

Major Publications and Books

Domestic Journal Papers

Sun Yuanyuan, Yang Zhuang. How Do National New Areas Promote Regional Economic Growth—Population Expansion or Quality Improvement? Exploration of Economic Issues, 2021, 10.  

Zhang Jianqing, Gong Enze, Sun Yuanyuan. Environmental Regulation and Total Factor Productivity of Manufacturing in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Studies in Science of Science, 2019, 9.  

LU Fei, LIU Minghui, SUN Yuanyuan. "Has the 'Two Analogies' Policy Promoted the Rise of Central China? Finance & Trade Economics, No. 1, 2019.

LU Fei, LIU Minghui, SUN Yuanyuan*. Trade Openness, Industrial Geography, and Green Development: Perspectives of Agglomeration and Industrial Heterogeneity. Economic Theory and Business Management, No. 9, 2018.

SUN Yuanyuan, ZHANG Jianqing*. Market Integration and Productivity Gaps: An Interactive Perspective of Industrial Agglomeration and Firm Heterogeneity. The World Economy, No. 4, 2017.

SUN Yuanyuan, ZHANG Jianqing. Evolution of Interprovincial Resource Allocation Efficiency in China’s Manufacturing Sector: A Dual Margin Perspective. Economic Research Journal, No. 10, 2015.

SUN Yuanyuan. Does Productivity Convergence Lead to Economic Growth Convergence? Empirical Evidence from China. China Soft Science, No. 1, 2015.

SUN Yuanyuan, YANG Gangqiang, JIANG Hong. Coordinated Urban-Rural Development through Small Town Construction in Central China. Macroeconomic Management, No. 10, 2014.

ZHANG Jianqing, SUN Yuanyuan. Endogenous Technology Spillovers from Abroad and the Dynamics of Absorptive Capacity: Empirical Evidence Based on System GMM Estimation. Economic Review, No. 11, 2012.

ZHANG Jianqing, SUN Yuanyuan. Technology Spillovers from Import Trade and Spatial Diffusion of Technology: Regional Technology Gaps. South China Journal of Economics, No. 10, 2012.

ZHANG Jianqing, SUN Yuanyuan. A Comparative Study on Technology Spillovers from Import Trade and FDI: Empirical Tests Based on Endogenous Technology Spillovers. World Economy Studies, No. 12, 2011.

Research Projects
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program: "Research on Effective Spatial Agglomeration of China’s Manufacturing Industry: An Interactive Perspective of Industrial Agglomeration and Firm Heterogeneity" (2016–2018, Grant No. 71503190).

Awards & Honors
Third Prize, 11th Hubei Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Social Sciences (Ranked 1st among contributors).

Editorial Experience
Anonymous Reviewer for Economic Research Journal, China Economic Quarterly, and other academic journals.