Research Projects

2021-2025

Principal Investigator, research project "Modelling and simulating regional migration systems", HK$7,798,380, RGC Senior Research Fellow Award, RGC Ref No. SRFS2021-4H02.

2019-2020

Principal Investigator, research project "Hong Kong's Logistics Industry Development: Development Strategies in the New Spatial Context of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", HK$ 552,424, Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office, HKSAR Government. Project No. 2019.A4.058.19B.

2016-2018

Principal Investigator, research project "Analyzing the process and determinants of uneven dual-track urbanization in China: The case of Fujian", HK$558,265, RGC GRF Grant, RGC Project No. CUHK14603315.

2014-2016

Principal Investigator, research project "A Comparative Analysis of Skilled and Unskilled Interregional Migration in China 2000-2005", HK$518,000, RGC GRF Grant, RGC Project No. CUHK449013.

2013-2015

Principal Investigator, research project "Modeling Interregional Migration in China 2000-2005: Analyzing the Modeling Error of Regional Attributes and Spatial Interaction", HK$351,956, RGC GRF Grant, RGC Ref. No. CUHK451912.

2012-2014

Principal Investigator (with Sung YW, Xu J and Wang G), research project "The development of major mainland cities and its implications to Hong Kong under the 12th FYP of China", HK$180,000, South China Programme Research Grant, South China Programme, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. Project code 6903306.

2011-2013

Principal Investigator, research project "Analyzing the Effect of Spatial Interaction: The Case of Interregional Migration in China", HK$41,392, Direct Grant for Research, CUHK Project Code 2021070.

2011-2013

Principal Investigator, research project "Cross-boundary Cooperation and Integration in Hong Kong and Shenzhen", HK$15,000, Endowment Fund Research Grant, United College, CUHK Project Code CA11185.

2011-2013

Co-Investigator (with Leung Yee et al.), Program for Geographical Modeling and Geo-computation, Focused Investment Scheme, CUHK, HK$1.5 million.

2007-2010

Principal Investigator, research project "Decomposing interprovincial migration in China 1995-2000: the role of spatial structure and areal attributes", HK$257,856, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, RGC Project No. CUHK450107.

2010-2010

Co-Principal Investigator (with Luo X et al), Consultancy Study "Study on the evaluation and development of the internationalization of Hangzhou city: from the perspective of urban planning and construction", CUHK-Nanjing University joint project, funded by Planning Bureau of Hangzhou Municipal Government, RMB300,000, project code 7050122.

2007-2009

Principal Investigator, research project "Inter-city competition and cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen in the 11th five-year plan period", HK$584,000, Public Policy Research Grant, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, RGC Project No. CUHK4005-PPR-4.

2006-2006

Co-Investigator (with YEUNG Yue-man and ZHANG Li), Consultancy Study "China's 11th five-year plan: opportunities and challenges for Hong Kong", funded by Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, Hong Kong. CUHK Project Code 7000714.

2006-2008

Principal Investigator, research project "Migration and urbanization in Pearl River Delta: the role of floating population", HK$78,400, Direct Grant for Research, CUHK Project Code 4450119.

2003-2005

Principal Investigator, research project "An analysis of differential urbanization in China 1982-2000", HK$67,000, Direct Grant for Research, CUHK Project Code 2020764.

2003-2005

Co-Investigator, "Linear City Research", HK$4,000,000, External funding by Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation, CUHK Project Code SS03644.

2003-2004

Co-Investigator (with YEUNG Yue-man and ZHANG Li), Consultancy Study "Hong Kong and the Western Pearl River Delta: Cooperative Development from a Cross-border Perspective", HK$295,000, funded by Central Policy Unit, HKSAR Government, CUHK Project Code 7000387.

2002-2003

Co-Investigator (with YEUNG Yue-man and ZHANG Li), Consultancy Study "Viability of Xinhui as a Logistics Hub", HK$230,000, Private sector funding by Dah Chong Trading Company Ltd. and Sims Trading Co. CUHK Project Code 6901371.

1998-2002

Co-Investigator (with WONG Kwan Yiu and CHU Kim Yee), research project "Urbanization and Governance in Zhujiang Delta: Analysis and Policy Implications", HK$923,000, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, RGC Ref. No. CUHK4017/98H.

2002-2004

Principal Investigator, research project "Organizing urban space under rapid urbanization: changing urban governance in China", HK$78,400, Direct Grant for Research, Project Code 2020659, CUHK.

2001-2003

Co-Investigator (with YEUNG Yue-man), research project "Developing China's West", HK$200,000, Lippo Fund for Urban Research.

1999-2002

Co-Investigator, Teaching Development Grant 1998-2001 Project "Integrating Geography Curriculum with Internet and Information Technology: an Initiative for Web-based Teaching and Learning for Geography in the 21st Century", HK$3,315,240, University Grant Council of Hong Kong, Project No. CUHK-11.

2000-2001

Principal Investigator, research project "Urban economic and spatial transformation in Guangzhou and Shenzhen", HK$47,500, Direct Grant for Research, Project Code 2020544, CUHK.

2000-2001

Principal Investigator, research project "Spatial Analysis of Geographic Information in China ", HK$27,000, United College Lee Hysan Foundation/Endowment Fund Research Grant, Project Code CA10880, CUHK.

1999-2000

Principal Investigator, research project "Urbanization and Development in China: Processes, Problems and Opportunities", HK$55,000, Direct Grant for Research, Project Code 2020503, CUHK.

1997-1999

Principal Investigator, research project "Dynamic analysis of China's population and gain balance", HK$50,000, Direct Grant for Research, Project Code 2020400, CUHK.

1998-1998

Principal Investigator, research project "Geography of surplus population in China in 1990s", HK$13,000, United College Endowment Fund Research Grant, Project Code CA10720, CUHK.

1997-1998

Co-Investigator (with WONG Kwan Yiu and CHU Kim Yee), research project "Spatial Economic Restructuring and Urbanization in Zhujiang Delta", HK$44,000, Direct Grant for Research, Project Code 2020364, CUHK.

1996-1997

Principal Investigator, research project "Analyzing and forecasting China's inter-provincial migration using a GIS approach", HK$51,000, Direct Grant for Research, Project Code 2020328, CUHK.