Dr Sarah Y. TONG is Senior Research Fellow and cluster head for the economics team at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at San Diego. Her research interests concentrate on the development and transformation of Chinese Economy, including development in trade and foreign investment, development of regions, financial sector reforms, reforms of state-owned enterprises, and industrial policies and restructuring.

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, Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies, and China Economic Review. She also edited and co-edited books including China and Global Economic Crisis (2010), Trade, Investment and Economic Integration (2014), China’s Evolving Industrial Policies and Economic Restructure (2014), China’s Great Urbanization (2017), China’s Economic Transformation under the New Normal (2017), China’s Economic Modernization and Structural Changes (2019), China and Asia Economic Integration (2020), and China’s Green Economy: Commitments, Policies and Prospects (2023).