Yifan Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received B.A. and M.A. from Renmin University of China and Ph.D. from University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include Chinese economy, international trade and development economics. His recent research has investigated the impacts of globalization forces such as trade and FDI on the performance and behavior of Chinese firms. He is an external affiliate faculty of Cornell Institute for China Economic Research, and an associate editor of China Economic Review. He has been a consultant for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia.