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Research Grants

  • “The Governance of Platform-Based Illegal Online Transactions: A Law and Economics Perspective,”PI, Rule of Law Development and Legal Theory Research Project,  from from Ministry of Justice.Approved Amount(¥): 40,000. Starts from 2025.

  • “Strategic Games and Incentive Design in Social Governance,” PI,  National Social Science Fund of China (Post-funded Projects), from National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences. Approved Amount(¥): 250,000. Starts from 2024.

  • “The Social Order of Illegal Market in Cyberspace: Extralegal Governance and Online Gambling in China”,Co-PI,General Research Fund (GRF), the Research Grants Council (RGC), Approved Amount (HK$): 950,000. Starts from 01/12/2024.

  • “Private governance in China: How private individuals secure social cooperation without government”, Co-PI, General Research Fund (GRF), the Research Grants Council (RGC), Approved Amount (HK$): 959,365. 01/09/2021—31/08/2023.  

  • “Private Governance of Intellectual Property Rights: Why Trade Secret is Favorable and Robust in China”, Co-PI, The University of Hong Kong Seed Fund for Basic Research, Approved Amount (HK$): 55,460. 01/02/2020—31/01/2022.

  • “The Institutional Diversity of the Redevelopment of Urban Villages in China”, PI, John Templeton Foundation Grant, Administered by the Centre for the Study of Governance and Society at King’s Colleague London, Approved Amount (£): 10,000. 2018—2019.

  • “The Institutional Diversity of the Redevelopment of Urban Villages in China”, PI, Charles Koch Foundation, Approved Amount ($): 10,000. 2017.

Honours & Awards

  • Gordon Tullock Prize, from Public Choice Society, 2025

  • Jianhong Liu Outstanding Paper Award, from The Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice in the United States, 2025

  • Adam Smith Fellowship, 2018-2019

  • Human Studies Fellowship, 2017-2019

  • Hayek Fund, 2017

  • Adam Smith Fellowship, 2016-2017

  • IHS PhD Scholarship, 2016-2017

  • National Fellowship for M.A. Student, 2012-2014

  • Excellent Graduate of GUFE (ranking 3%), 2012

  • Second Prize of Tenth “Challenge Cup” Academic Competition in Guangdong, China 2011

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