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CHENG-Yuk-Shing CHENG-Yuk-Shing
Prof. Yuk Shing CHENG

Professor
Economics Discipline
Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance
Director, Centre for Sustainable Development Studies

ycheng@hkbu.edu.hk
3411 7550
WLB 529
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6420-4411
CHENG Yuk Shing public CV
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Yuk-shing Cheng is a Professor of Economics and the founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research focuses on institutional and developmental issues in China, particularly income inequality, rural institutions, fiscal decentralization, regional disparity, state-owned enterprises, trade, energy, and the environment.

He has published extensively in leading international journals, including The Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Transportation Research Part A, Energy Policy, China Quarterly, and China Economic Review. His work has also appeared in prestigious Chinese journals such as China Social Sciences (中國社會科學) and Economic Research Journal (經濟研究). He is the co-author of the book Hong Kong’s Global Financial Centre and China’s Development: Changing Roles and Future Prospects (Routledge, 2017).

Professor Cheng served as Head of the Department of Economics from September 2014 to August 2021 and as Interim Dean of the School of Business from September 2023 to December 2024.

Development, institution, energy and environment

China's institutions and economic development

PhD, University of Adelaide

MPhil, Hong Kong Baptist University

BSocSc, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Protectionism's adverse impact on renewable energy deployment: evidence from the European Union's import duties on China-made photovoltaic panels

Cheng, Y. S., Tsang, K. P. & Woo, C. K.,Nov 2025,In:Energy Policy.206,13 p., 114789.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

A Pareto superior incentive scheme for residential electricity conservation

Woo, C.-K.,Cao, K. H.,Cheng, Y. S.& Qi, H. S.,Jul 2025,In:Energy Policy.202,7 p., 114588.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

A Study of the Socio-Economic Status of Mainland Immigrants in Hong Kong: Changes Since the Pandemic Outbreak

Translated title of the contribution:A Study of the Socio-Economic Status of Mainland Immigrants in Hong Kong: Changes Since the Pandemic Outbreak鄭毓盛,黃健明& 文美琪,Mar 2025,香港浸會大學可持續發展研究中心.41 p.
Research output : Book/Report › Book or report

Mainland Immigrants in Hong Kong: Dynamic Changes in Socioeconomic Status

Translated title of the contribution:Mainland Immigrants in Hong Kong: Dynamic Changes in Socioeconomic Status鄭毓盛, 張宏亮 & 關晉賢,Jun 2021,香港浸會大學.122 p.
Research output : Book/Report › Book or report

Regional energy-growth nexus and energy conservation policy in China

Cheng, Y. S., Li, R. & Woo, C. K.,15 Feb 2021,In:Energy.217,12 p., 119414.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Designing Property Rights over Land in Rural China

Cheng, Y. S.&Chung, K. S.,Nov 2018,In:Economic Journal.128,615,p. 2676-2710. 35 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

The labor market effects of immigration on natives: Evidence from Hong Kong

Cheng, Y. S.& Zhang, H.,Oct 2018,In:China Economic Review.51,p. 257-270. 14 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Hong Kong’s global financial centre and China’s development: Changing roles and future prospects

Cheung, S. Y. L.,Cheng, Y. S.& Woo, C.-K.,1 Jan 2016,Taylor and Francis.139 p.
Research output : Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review

Too many mothers-in-law?

Cheng, Y. S.&Chung, K. S.,Nov 2013,In:Journal of Development Economics.105,p. 69-76. 8 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Reforms of the Agricultural Bank of China: Can Policy and Commercial Objectives Be Reconciled?

Cheng, Y. S.,1 Sept 2009,In:Chinese Economy.42,5,p. 79-97.19 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Solving the puzzles of structural efficiency

Li, S. K. &Cheng, Y. S.,16 Jul 2007,In:European Journal of Operational Research.180,2,p. 713-722. 10 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Income inequality and efficiency: A decomposition approach and applications to China

Cheng, Y. S.& Li, S. K.,Apr 2006,In:Economics Letters.91,1,p. 8-14. 7 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Efficiency Loss Caused by Regional Separation

Translated title of the contribution:Efficiency Loss Caused by Regional Separation郑毓盛& 李崇高,Jan 2003,In:中国社会科学.1,p. 64-72, 205. 10 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Explaining the financial performance of China's industrial enterprises: Beyond the competition-ownership controversy

Cheng, Y. S.& Lo, D.,2002,In:China Quarterly.170,p. 413-440. 28 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

The Reality of the Worsening Financial Performance Trend in China’s Industrial Enterprises and Its Theoretical Explanation

Translated title of the contribution:The Reality of the Worsening Financial Performance Trend in China’s Industrial Enterprises and Its Theoretical Explanation卢荻 &郑毓盛,Jul 2000,In:经济研究.7,p. 39-47, 79. 10 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

A decomposition analysis of income inequality of Chinese rural households

Cheng, Y. S.,Sept 1996,In:China Economic Review.7,2,p. 155-167. 13 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

The Changing Grain Marketing System in China
Cheng, Y. S. & Tsang, S.-K., 1 Dec 1994, In: China Quarterly. 140, p. 1080-1104. 25 p.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

China's Tax Reforms of 1994: Breakthrough or Compromise?

Tsang, S. K. &Cheng, Y. S.,1 Sept 1994,In:Asian Survey.34,9,p. 769–788. 20 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

中国农业生产在双轨制下的价格反应

郑毓盛, 曾澍基 & 陈文鸿,Jan 1993,In:经济研究.1,p. 16-25. 10 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Service

CHENG, Y. S.(Recipient),3 May 2023
Prize : Award