Welcome to my website! I am PhD candidate in Sociology in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

My academic background includes training in both sociology and policy, as I obtained my M.Sc in Public Policy in Renmin University of China, and my bachelor degree in Public Policy in Sun Yat-sen University, during which I participated a one-year exchange program in Sciences Po in Aix in France.

Before joining the PhD program, I had ten years of cross-industry work experience, ranging from the government sector and state-owned enterprises to the electronic finance industry. My most recent work experience was serving as the Director of Market Development at Ant Financial, a digital-finance-based subsidiary of the Alibaba Group.

My research interests encompass a variety of fields, including sociology of work and labor, organizational sociology, science and technology studies, and China studies. My work primarily utilizes qualitative and comparative methods.

At the moment, I am working on my PhD thesis focusing on the work ethics and employment relations under China’s state technationalist agenda. Drawing upon ethnography and in-depth interviews in two start-ups in Chinese high-tech manufacturing and services sectors, I aim to unearth employees’ work ethics (e.g., lying flat, involution) and their interactive patterns with managers, providing novel lens to the “labour-state” and “labour-capital” relations under China’s state technationalist agenda.

I have published a book chapter Consumer Logics in International Encyclopedia of Business Management with my PhD supervisor Professor Anson Au (ansonau.net). I have won the Work, Professions and Occupations Research Cluster Best Student Paper Award in the Canadian Sociological Association 2025 Conference.

Here you will find information about my research interests and publications. Please feel free to explore the site to learn more about my work and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or opportunities for collaboration.