Prof. Jie LI is a Full Professor at the Institute of Industrial Economics, Jinan University. He received a bachelor degree in international finance from Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, and a PhD in economics from the joint program of City University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-sen University. His research interests center on political economy in international trade, firms’ strategic behavior, corporate finance, and Chinese economy. His research publications appear in internationally well-recognized journals, including Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Comparative Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Review of International Economics, Southern Economic Journal, China Economic Review, etc. He has also served as a consultant for Guangdong Provincial Government in P.R. China and an adjunct professor at Hainan University.