Wenyuan (Sophia) Lu, originally from Shanghai, has built a diverse career across Hong Kong, the United States, and South Korea. She holds dual master’s degrees, the MPA specializing in International Development from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, and the Master of Development Policy, specializing in Development Economics from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in South Korea in 2023. 

Before the global dual-master program, Wenyuan dedicated her efforts as a senior research assistant at the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong(Focus: Chinese family firms, female inheritance rights), and a research associate at ShanghaiTech University (Focus: industrial policy, policy evaluation, and firms' strategy towards policy). 

She is currently a Ph.D. student in the Institute of Humanity and Social Science at the University of Hong Kong. 

Research domains: Development Economics, Economic History, Labor Economics

Current topics: industrial policy and the Eastern Asian economic miracle, firm dynamics, human capital and female empowerment in China, Chinese family firms.