Feng Genfu, born in 1957, is a nationally recognized expert with outstanding contributions and receives a special allowance awarded by the State Council. He served as a member of the Applied Economics Discipline Review Group for the seventh (2015-2020) and eighth (2021-2025) sessions of the State Council Academic Degree Committee. He is the academic leader in the national key discipline of Industrial Economics.
Professor Feng is doctoral supervisor at the School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University. He serves as the director of the school’s Academic Committee, the chief editor of the journal “Contemporary Economic Science”. Additionally, he holds concurrent posts as the Vice President of the China Industrial Economics Association, Vice President of the China Enterprise Management Research Association, Vice President of the China Quantitative Economics Association, member of the Shaanxi Provincial Decision-making Advisory Committee, leader of the Strategic Group of the Xi’an Decision-making Advisory Committee, President of the Shaanxi Economic Development Strategy Research Association, and Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association.
His current primary research focuses on the digital economy and industrial transformation and upgrading, green technology innovation and green economic development policy. He has published over 200 papers both domestically and internationally. Among these, 17 were published in top-tier authoritative economic journal" Economic Research". He has also published over 40 English articles in SSCI-indexed journals cited more than 20,000 times. He has been awarded first prizes for excellent achievements in philosophy and social sciences and numerous pieces of his advisory recommendations have been noted and endorsed by the leaders of the Shaanxi Provincial Government.
Chun-Ping Chang is a Professor in the Shih Chien University and Sun Yat-sen University, Chinese Taipei. Professor Chang is also the co-editor of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. As well as Vice-Chairman of Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association. His research interests include energy economics, environmental economics, political economy, and econometrics method application. He has published more than 130 papers in international famous journals such as Research Policy, European Journal of Finance, Energy Policy, Energy Economics, and Economic Letters.
Assoc.Prof.Dr Baharom Abdul Hamid
International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)
His current areas of research are applied macroeconomics, especially those in relations with Shadow Economy, Crime and Natural Disaster, as well as Applied Islamic Finance. He is also aggressively involved in applied research funded by industries and government agencies, having led and co-researched in applied researches with a total fund of almost RM8 million. He is also involved in designing and developing crucial frameworks for Regulators and Industries, such Value based Intermediation (VBI) adopted by Islamic Banks in Malaysia and Value Based Takaful (VBiT) adopted by Takaful operators in Malaysia, Among notable funding agensies that he had worked with, Ministry of Green Energy (MESTECC), CIMB Islamic, Maybank Islamic, Hong Leong Takaful, FWD Takaful, as well as international agency International federation of Red Crescent and Red Cross (IFRC). Dr Baharom is also featured regularly in medias, both printed and television, invited for talks and his opinions are sought after. Have delivered quite number of keynotes, among them in World Halal Conference 2017, 2018 (both in Istanbul, Turkey). Dr Baharom has been the editor of IF Hub, a quarterly magazine for the last 3 years.
Dr. Saba has more than 16 years of progressive regulatory, research, training, and teaching experience with organizations of international repute.
She has extensive regulatory experience with specific focus to promote Islamic banking and Finance while working in the Islamic Banking Department of SBP. She is a Shari’ah-registered financial planner (Shari’ah RFP). She holds the Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) credential from INCEIF with distinction and PhD in Islamic Finance from INCEIF. She holds M. Com with distinction and PGD in Islamic Banking and Insurance from Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance (IIBI), London. Her areas of interest are Political Economy, Management, Shari’ah, Wealth planning and Management, Islamic microfinance, corporate governance, and Islamic finance.
Yaobo Shi is a Professor in Xi'an University of Technology, China. Currently, he is the Head of the Economics Major, and the Dean of Economics Department. His research interests mainly focus on the long-term impact of rural public products and policies. Over the past 5 years, he has led and managed over 30 research projects, including projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Social Science Fund, and the National Postdoctoral Science Foundation. He has published widely in respected journals and is an Editorial Board Member of the Asian Economics Letters. He also holds the prestigious title of Extraordinary Young Professor of Xi’an University of Technology and Provincial Excellent Youth in Science and Technology (Economics).
