Yajie Wang

Yajie Wang is an Assistant Professor of International Political Economy in the Division of Global and Area Studies, School of Humanities and Social Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University, along with an M.A. in Statistics and Data Science, and holds an M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Oxford. He earned his B.A. in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University. He was a Yenching Scholar at Peking University and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania.

His research lies at the intersection of comparative political economy, international political economy, and Chinese politics. He studies how globalization, economic openness, and geopolitical competition reshape state capacity, fiscal institutions, industrial policy, firm behavior, and immigration policy, with a particular focus on China and emerging economies. He seeks to use both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, combining original data collection, statistical analysis, and fieldwork.

Yajie's current projects examine fiscal centralization, taxation, and redistribution in response to globalization, as well as how firms and states respond to trade shocks, sanctions, and regulatory uncertainty. His research has been supported by multiple fellowships and has been presented at major international conferences.

He teaches courses in research methods, political economy, international relations, and industrial policy. His teaching emphasizes rigorous research design, critical thinking, and the integration of theory with real-world policy questions.