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Research Interests
economic geography, urban studies, regoinal studies, geographies of technologies and innovation, digital transformation and platforms, global production networks/value chains, geographies of transnational corporations and forieng investment, industrial restructuring, cross-border regions, China, Greater Bay Area, Southeast Asia, One Belt One Road initiatives.
Biography
Chun (Charlotte) YANG is a Professor of Economic Geography and Associate Dean (Research) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University. Prior to joining HKBU, she held academic positions at the Institute of Pacific Asian Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Sun Yat-sen University, and engaged in public-policy research at One Country Two Systems Research Institute, Hong Kong.
Prof. Yang’s research interests lie in urban and regional development, global/cross-border production networks/value chains, geographies of transnational corporations, geographies of innovation and technology, industrial restructuring and evolution of local clusters in the digital and platform economy, with geographical focuses on China, particularly the Hong Kong-Guangdong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and Southeast Asia.
Prof. Yang has undertaken major research projects funded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC), National Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC), Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF), DAAD-RGC Joint Research Scheme and JETRO. She is currently leading two RGC-funded GRF projects: one on the digital platform-driven industrial restructuring and reconfiguration of smart production networks in the Greater Bay Area. and the other regarding the evolving space and scales of innovation in China and particularly the emergence of makerspace innovation in Shenzhen; a book project on Hong Kong Chronicles- Urban Transport Volume funded by OHKF, and a NSFC project on the cross-border fresh fruit production and trade networks of China's platform firms in ASEAN in the Belt and Road Initiatives.
Professor Yang has recently co-edited three Special Issues in top international journals on the topics of digital transformation and value chains (Global Networks, 2022, with Florian Butollo, Gary Gerreffi, and Martin Krzywdzinski), the evolution of creative industrial clusters (Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2021, with Robert Hassink) and transdisciplinary research on healthy ageing (International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health, with Daniel Lai and Elsie Yan).
Prof. Yang serves as Full Editor, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society (May 2023- ) and editorial board members of Journal of Economic Geography (Dec. 2014- ), Applied Geography (Oct. 2022- ), Progress in Economic Geography (Oct. 2022- ), Co-Editor of Bandung: Journal of Global South (Jan. 2015 - ), Editorial Advisory Board of Environment and Planning A: Space and Economy (July 2022- ) and International Advisory Board of Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society (Jan. 2021-) and was Associate Editor, Regional Studies, Regional Science (Jan. 2014- Dec. 2019).
Professor Yang held Visiting Scholarships in the Fairbank Centre for Chinese Studies, Harvard University and University of Utah, United States (2008); University of Newcastle, U.K. (2019) and National Chengchi University, Taiwan (2010). For further information, please see her webpage at http://geog.hkbu.edu.hk/people/detail/472.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Geography, PhD, Thesis Title: Foreign Investment and Urbanization: A Case Study of the Post-1978 Pearl River Delta, China, The University of Hong Kong
Award Date: 1 Dec 1996
MPhil, Regional Inequality in Guangdong, China after Opening and Reform, Sun Yat-Sen University
Bachelor, Sun Yat-Sen University
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Localisation or regionalisation? Digital platform-driven industrial restructuring and reconfiguration of smart production networks in China’s Greater Bay Area
YANG, C. (PI), Li, X. (External CoI) & Yu, Z. (External CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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Hong Kong Chronicles - Urban Transportation Volume (香港志‧城市交通卷)
YANG, C. (PI)
1/03/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research project
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Restructuring of Hong Kong Manufacturing in the Pearl River Delta: Challenges and Policy Responses
YANG, C. (PI)
30/04/12 → …
Project: Research project
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Industrial Clusters of Hong Kong and Taiwanese Investment in Mainland China: the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta as Cases
YANG, C. (PI)
31/12/07 → …
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Financialization and geopolitical imperatives of Sino-African Agri-food production networks in a turbulent world
Yang, C., 27 Feb 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
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Geopolitical coupling in the global lithium production networks: Chinese investment and regional development in Nigeria
Yang, C., 7 Jun 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
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Global forces and local impacts: megatrends in regional development
Garretsen, H., Kitson, M. & Yang, C., 6 Jan 2025, In: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. 18, 1, p. 1-16 15 p., rsae047.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Shifting Production to Southeast Asia: Electronics Transnational Corporations Moving to Vietnam since the 2000s
Chan, D. Y. T. & Yang, C., Feb 2025, Lexington Books, Roman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 236 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review
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Digital transition of makerspace innovation and mission-oriented innovation policy in China: Evidence from Shenzhen
YANG, C. & HU, R. (Contributor), 11 Jul 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
Prizes
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"Best Reviwer Prize" of Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
YANG, C. (Recipient), 2014
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Activities
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Opening speech at the Data and Urban Governance: Governing the digital city
YANG, C. (Plenary/keynote speaker)
24 Mar 2023Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
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Regional Studies (Journal)
YANG, C. (Reviewer)
Sept 2023 → Jun 2024Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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China’s Greater Bay Area under Digital Transformation: Reflections from two recent empirical research
YANG, C. (Speaker)
17 Mar 2023Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Strategic decoupling and recoupling in the cross-border relocation of mobile phone production from China to Vietnam
YANG, C. (Speaker)
9 Jun 2023 → 10 Jun 2023Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Journal)
YANG, C. (Guest editor)
2023Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)