Dr. Yuqing Xing is a Professor of Economics of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. He served as the Director of the Capacity Building and Training Department of the Asian Development Bank Institute from 2011 to 2014. He also held positions of Sabbatical Fellow at World Institute for Development Economics Research and Visiting Professor of Institute of Advanced Studies, both at the United Nations University; Visiting Research Fellow of the Bank of Finland, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow of East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore. He provided consulting services to Asian Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund and Japan International Cooperation Agency.

    Dr. Xing’s research focuses on international trade, FDI, exchange rates, and global value chains. He is a leading expert on global value chains. His research on the iPhone and the Sino–US trade balance has been discussed widely in the global mainstream media, challenging conventional views on bilateral trade statistics and instigating a reform of trade statistics.

    Dr. Xing received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Peking University and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.