The 4th Lingnan University – Wuhan University Joint Workshop (Applied Economics)
Date | : | 10 December 2025 (Wednesday) |
Time | : | 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM |
Venue | : | LKKG05, G/F, Leung Kau Kui Building, Lingnan University |
Programme | ||
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Registration | |
| 08:45 - 08:55 | Welcome Remarks Professor Larry Qiu, Lingnan University Professor Zhi Luo, Wuhan University | |
| 08:55 - 09:00 | Photo-taking | |
Session 1 –
Chair: Tianle Zhang | 09:00 - 10:00 | Keynote: “Algorithmic Attention and Content Creation on Social Media Platforms” Fei Li - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | “Platform (Biased) Recommendation and Regulation” Yucheng Ding - Wuhan University | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
Session 2 –
Chair: Yucheng Ding | 11:00 - 11:45 | “The Effects of International Patenting on Export: Evidence from China” Larry Qiu - Lingnan University |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | “Ripple Effects of Deregulating Startup Investment with Entrepreneurial Spillovers” Ruichi Xiong - Wuhan University | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch (by invitation only) | |
Session 3 –
Chair: Laura Wang | 13:30 - 14:15 | “Unintended Consequence of Government Oriented Merger— Evidence from China” Mingqin Wu - Wuhan University |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | “No Pain, More Gain: Anti-Domestic Violence Law and Female Labor Income” Xinyan Liu - Lingnan University | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Coffee Break | |
Session 4 (Ph.D. Student Presentations) –
Chair: Sichen Liu | 15:15 - 15:40 | “Intellectual Property Judicial Environment and Digital Firm Entry: Fairness and Efficiency” Yijing Wang – Wuhan University |
| 15:40 - 16:05 | “Subsidy-Driven Transformation: Consumer Substitution, Resource Reallocation, and Productivity Dynamics in China’s Electric Vehicle Industry” Mengxin Liu - Lingnan University | |
| 16:05 - 16:30 | “Industrial Policy and Retaliatory Protection under the WTO: Lessons from China” Siwei Wang - Wuhan University | |
| 16:30 - 16:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 17:55 - 18:05 | Closing Remarks Professor Xuesong Li, Wuhan University Professor Tianle Zhang, Lingnan University | |
| 18:30 - 20:30 | Dinner (by invitation only) | |

Registration:
No registration fee will be required.
Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis.
A confirmation email will be sent to you if you have registered successfully before the event date.
Venue:
The workshop will be held in person at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.
| Address | : | LYH310, 3/F, Lau Lee Yuen Haan Amenities Building (LYH), Lingnan University |
| Getting to Lingnan | : | https://www.ln.edu.hk/about-lu/getting-to-lingnan |

