NADS Professor Liu Qing Won 2nd Prize of the “Ann Tse-kai International Trade Research Award”

Liu Qing, Professor of National Academy of Development and Strategy, RUC, won the second prize of Outstanding Paper at the 20th “Ann Tse-kai International Trade Research Award” in October, 2018.

The “Ann Tse-kai International Trade Research Award” is funded by Mr. Ann Tse-kai who was known as an outstanding social activist, a famous patriot and a renowned entrepreneur. The Award is established to drive forward Chinese research in the field of international trade. Held biennially, the Award selects the best books and papers published in the fields of international theory and policy, international trade practice, international investment, international business management, international economic and trade regulations, world market analysis and prediction, trade in services. Identified by the Ministry of Education as the prize of provincial level, the “Ann Tse-kai International Trade Research Award” is the top academic award of Chinese economic and trade, enjoying a high reputation in the circle of international trade research.

Professor Liu Qing co-authored with Professor Qiu Dongxiao of University of Hong Kong, their paper of Intermediate input imports and innovations: Evidence from Chinese firms’ patent filings published in leading international economics journal - Journal of International Economics（2016）was award the second prize of “Ann Tse-kai International Trade Research Award”. Innovation plays a key role in economic growth, and the effects of globalization on innovation is a hotspot. In this paper, the authors investigated the effects of intermediate input imports on the innovation activities of domestic firms. Input tariff reduction has two opposite effects on the innovation decision of a firm: it may promote innovation because the cost of innovation activities decreases, but it may also result in a decrease in innovation because foreign technologies become cheaper. This paper found that input tariff cut results in less innovation undertaken by Chinese firms (to some extent, the firms believed that the cost of independent manufacturing is much higher than buying intermediate inputs). The findings generated insights to understand why Chinese firms are less innovative in some key technologies.

Liu Qing, Professor of National Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China, obtained PhD of University of Hong Kong, Master of Peking University, Bachelor of Wuhan University. Liu is also the Deputy Secretary General of Youth Forum, National College Team of International Trade, and Vice-president of China Institute of International Trade. Professor Liu focuses his study on international trade and investment, cross-border M&A, enterprise innovation, and Chinese economy.

Liu published more than 20 papers in mainstream journals at home and abroad, including Journal of International Economics, Review of International Economics, The World Economy, Management and Organization Review, China Economic Review, Journal of Economic Research, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of World Economy, and China Economic Quarterly. Liu chaired two major projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, and was invited to several seminars organized by government departments such as Ministry of Commerce, Counselor Office of the State Council, the Central Propaganda Department. Professor Liu published articles regularly in influential newspapers and news media, and was interviewed by CGTN programs. In addition, Liu once won the AIB Annual Conference Best Paper Award 2015 with a paper of Chinese overseas merger and acquisition.