Education

Ph.D. (Majored in Management Science and Engineering), HUST, 2000.

M.E. (Majored in Management Engineering), HUST, 1990.

B.E. (Majored in Optical Instrument), HUST, 1985.

Overseas Visiting and Training

Visiting Scholar, University of Toronto, Canada, Aug. 1994-Mar. 1995.

Visiting Professor, HEC at Montreal, Canada, Feb.-Mar. 1999.

Visiting Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia, June 2006.

PCMPCL Program, Harvard University, USA, July-Aug. 2008.

CWCD Program, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jan. 2009.

Courses Taught

Corporate Finance, Advanced Financial Management, Seminar in Finance, Financial Accounting Theory, etc.

Industrial Experiences

Independent Director, Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co., Ltd., 2011 - Present.

Independent Director, Gemdale (Group) Co., Ltd., 2009-2015, Director, HUST High-Tech Group Co., Ltd., 2008-2014; Economic Consultant, Wuhan Tianyu Information Industry Co. Ltd., 1998-2000.

Consulting Activities: Kingdream Public Limited Company, Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, MaYinglong Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., etc.

Research Interests

Corporate Finance, IPO’s and SEO’s, M & A, Corporate Governance, Stock-Based Compensation, etc.

Representative Research Papers

1）Expropriation: Evidence from Rights Issues in China. M.E. Sharpe:Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2008,Jan.-Feb.,Vol.44,No.1,5-20.(with Pan H. & Yu M.) (SSCI)

2）Zhao Yufang, Xia Xinping, etc., Private Placements, Cash Dividends and Interests Transfer: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms, Elsevier: International Review of Economics & Finance, 2015, Vol. 36, March, 107-118. (SSCI)

3）Lihong Cao, Xinping Xia, Yixia Wang. Market Timing with Security Offering Regulations: Evidence from Private Placements of Chinese Listed Firms. M. E. Sharpe: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2013, Vol. 49, S2, 91-106. (SSCI)

4）Government Intervention, Pyramidal Structure and Local State-owned Companies Investment, Management World,2008,No.9,37-47,125. (with Chen Z. & Yu M.) (in Chinese)

5）Government Intervention, Political Connections and the Mergers of Local Government-Controlled Enterprises, Economic Research,2008,Vol.43,No.4,41-52. (with Pan H. & Yu M.) (in Chinese)