Dr CHEN Yan is the professor of economics of the department of international economics and business, School of Economics, Xiamen University. Professor Chen's academic interest includes but not limited to international trade, trade in service, international business, MNCs, cross-border aquistions and mergers, corporate finance, etc. He has published extensively in  journals such as China Economic Review, Northern American Journal of Economics and Finance, NBER and leading economists web voxeu, etc. He has 5 books and more than 60 papers to his credit. He has been teaching courses such as international trade, trade in service, international business management, coporate finance, doing business in China, business and economy of China, principles of management, Macroeconomics, etc. He was awarded national and provincial "excellence teaching achievement ". Professor Chen served as visiting fellow in Yale Unversity, Southern Illinois University, the University of Warwick. He also taught in Southern Illinois University, Unviersity of Malta, Palacky University in Czech Republic. Since 2017, he was frequently seconded to XMUM (Xiamen University, Malaysia campus) for teaching -cum-administration. He serves as dean of SEM (School of Economics and Management), XMUM. He is also a regular lecturer of "United Nations Capacity Buiding Program of Developing Countries".