420 Yifu Building, No.10 Huixin Dongjie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, 100029

zhengxiuxiu@uibe.edu.cn

POSITION

Research Institute for Global Value Chains, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), China 2023.01 – present

Associate Professor in Economics

Research Institute for Global Value Chains, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), China 2022.08 - 12

Assistant Professor in Economics

EDUCATION

National Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China (RUC), China. 2020.08 – 2022.08

Postdoctoral Researcher in Economics | Advisor: Prof. Qing Liu

School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University | Washington, D.C., USA

2018.12 – 2019.06

Visiting Research Scholar (CSC Sponsored) | Advisor: Prof. Heiwai Tang

School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), China. 2016.09 – 2020.07 | Advisor: Prof. Zhongxiu Zhao

Ph.D. in Economics

School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), China. 2014.09 – 2016.07

M.A. in Economics

School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), China. 2010.09 – 2014.07

B.A. in Economics

RESEARCH FIELDS

International Trade

PUBLICATION

How did China's zero Covid policy affect its exports?

Review of International Economics, 2024, 32(2): 545-573.

Heiwai Tang and Xiuxiu Zheng*

Mutual Promotion of Dual Circulation of Domestic and Foreign Markets under the Influence of Industrial Linkage and Inter-provincial Boundary: An Empirical Study based on Simultaneous Equations Model.

Journal of Management World (Chinese), 2022, 38 (11)

Xiuxiu Zheng, Qing Liu* and Zhongxiu Zhao

Technical Barriers to Trade and the Adjustment of Chinese Firm Exports: "Survival of the Fittest" and "Quality Upgrading.

Journal of Renmin University of China (Chinese), 2022, 36 (04)

Xiuxiu Zheng, Qing Liu* and Zhongxiu Zhao

The Influence of Technical Barriers to Trade against China on Exports of Chinese Firms

China Social Sciences Press, April 2023, ISBN: 9787522718156 (Monograph)

Xiuxiu Zheng

China-Targeted Technical Barriers to Trade and National Economic Security.

International Economic Review (Chinese), 2023 (01)

Xiuxiu Zheng, Qing Liu* and Zhongxiu Zhao

Global Value Chain Research: Some Emerging Themes.

Journal of International Trade (Chinese), 2024 (01)

Zhongxiu Zhao and Xiuxiu Zheng*

WORKING PAPER

Trade Rerouting under the US-China Trade War.

with Heiwai Tang and Yunfeng Yan

This paper aims to investigate the impact of US-China tariffs on the rerouting of China's DVA through the third-parties, and identify winners and losers during the process.

Destruction, Diversion and Creation: Evidence from Chinese Exporters under US Discriminative Technical Barriers to Trade.

This paper examines the dynamic impact of US discriminative technical barriers to trade on export performance of Chinese firms at different implementation stages including announcement, effectiveness and compliance date.

The Trade and Welfare Effects of Tariff and Non-Tariff Trade Barriers.

with Guoxuan Ma

This paper constructs a general equilibrium structural model based on Eaton and Kortum (2002) and Caliendo and Parro (2015) to investigate how changes in tariff and non-tariff trade barriers affect country-level trade flows and welfare variations.

Research Funding

National Grants

Ongoing: National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2025–2027.

"Firms’ Export Market Adjustment and Innovation Performance Under the Influence of Technical Barriers to Trade: Theoretical Mechanism and Evidence from China"

Concluded: National Social Science Foundation of China, 2021–2022.

"The Influence of Technical Barriers to Trade on Extensive Margin, Intensive Margin, Trade Deflection and Product Quality Upgrading for Chinese Exporters"

Ministerial & Institutional Grants

Concluded: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2020–2022.

"The Influence of Technical Barriers to Trade on Export Performance and Product Quality of Chinese Firms"

Ongoing: UIBE Faculty Startup Grant, 2023–2025.

" Trade Barriers from Developed Economies and China’s Export Performance"

Teaching Experience

Microeconomics (Undergraduate) | 2024.03 – Present

Macroeconomics (Undergraduate) | 2024.03 – Present → Top 10% Rating in 2024–2025 Undergraduate Teaching Evaluations

International Economics (Research Master’s) | 2023.09 – Present

Introduction to Global Value Chains (Research Master’s) | 2022.09 – Present

Advanced Topics in Global Value Chains (Ph.D. Seminar) | 2022.09 – Present