I focus on sustainable economic development in China and Russia, as well as economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, especially in the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union.
I am also interested in national economic security, which addresses how countries can mitigate and resolve risks, as well as withstand and recover from disruptions, while maintaining stability and growth.
Zhang, W., & Biryukova, O. (2025). ESG performance of Chinese listed enterprises participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. Sustainability, 17(6), 2776.
Ng, C. Y., Wu, Y., Zhang, W., Jigeer, S., Zhang, J., & Yu, H. (2025). China-Russia cooperation in the Northern Sea Route development. International Organisations Research Journal, 20(1), 46–74. (In English and Russian)
Member, HSE Academic Fund Research Project 23-00-033: Estimation of the Impact of Macroshocks on Socio-Economic Processes in the Regions of Russia (the funding is not publicly accessible, January 2023–December 2023, completed).
January 2024, Chinese Government Scholarship (Grant No. 202308091620, the funding is not publicly accessible, March 2024–February 2027).
March 2023, Russian Government Scholarship (Grant No. CHN-0318/23, the funding is not publicly accessible, November 2023–October 2026).
September 2025, 14th Annual ICSID Conference "Contemporary Trends and Prospects in the Political Economy of Development", HSE University, Moscow, Russia. Presentation: Contributions to SDGs from developing countries and emerging international organisations. [Forthcoming]
May 2025, 7th International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE User Conference, HSE University, Moscow, Russia. Presentation: Heterogeneous Impact of COVID-19 on Income: Evidence from Russia (with Elena Kotyrlo).
April 2025, XXV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, HSE University, Moscow, Russia. Presentation: Heterogeneous Impact of COVID-19 on Income: Evidence from Russia (with Elena Kotyrlo).
December 2024, XII Annual Conference on the Global Economy, School of World Economy, HSE University, Moscow, Russia. Presentation: SDGs: Contributions from the EAEU, SCO and BRICS Countries.
October 2024, Scientific Seminar "Features of Responsible Business in China", Laboratory of Responsible Business, HSE University, Moscow, Russia. Presentation: ESG Performance of Chinese Listed Enterprises Participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (with Olga Biryukova).
December 2022, 3rd International Conference on Big Data Economy and Information Management, Henan University & Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou, China. Presentation: A Method to Estimate the Economic Consequences of COVID-19.
July 2024, XI Russian-Chinese Summer School on International Relations, HSE University, Moscow, Russia.
July 2023, Summer School "Principles of CGE Model and Programming", Peking University, Beijing, China.