Name: Zhou Yan
School: School of Government
Title: Professor, doctoral supervisor
Degree and degree conferring institution: Ph.D in Management, Sun Yat-sen University
Correspondence address: School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 135 Xingang West Road, Guangzhou
Zip code: 510275
Email: 1519045015@qq.com; zhouyan@mail.sysu.edu.cnZHOU Yan
Areas of research
(1) Transaction costs and public economy;
(2) The nature and boundaries of government;
(3) Intellectual property and fiscal and taxation policies;
(4) Innovation system;
(5) Economic system
Courses taught
In Chinese
Basics of Economics
Public Economics
Institutional Economics
Advanced Public Economics
China's Economic Reform and System Innovation
In English
Government Innovation
Business Growth and Market Economy in China
China's Business Development and Prospects
Education background
Received Ph.D in Management at School of Business of Sun Yat-sen University in 2004
Obtained the qualifications for a successive postgradaute and doctoral program at Lingnan College of Sun Yat-Sen University in 2001
Received Bachelor's in Economics at Lingnan College of Sun Yat-Sen University in 1999
Exchanges and visits
1.From October 19 to 20, 2019, Zhou attended the 15th China Academic Annual Conference on S&T Policy and Management as well as Council Meeting of China Society for S&T Policy Research under the theme of “S&T Revolution and Digital Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges”, and delivered a report titled “On the Contractual Nature of Investments in S&T Infrastructure from the Perspective of Contract Structure.”
2.From September 7 to 8, 2019, Zhou attended the 2019 Annual Academic Exchange of S&T Infrastructure Professional Committee of Chinese Association of Science of Science and S&T Policy Research, and gave a report on “Basic Research in Universities from the Perspective of Commercial Value”.
3.From November 25 to 26, 2017, at the invitation of Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research of the University of Hong Kong, Zhou attended the seminar “Theory of Share Tenancy after 50 years” and made a keynote speech titled “Sharing Contract and China's Inter-county Competition System”.
4.In July and August 2015, at the invitation of University of Salento, Zhou conducted a collaborative research (EU FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES) on “Explaining the Nature of Technological Innovation in Chinese Enterprises” at the university’s Department of Engineering for Innovation.
5.From November 16 to 18, 2014, she took part in an international conference themed “Next Steps for Public Administration in Theory and Practice: Looking Backward and Moving Forward” co-organized by Sun Yat-sen University and Public Administration Review, and gave a speech in English.
6.On October 19, 2013, she took part in The Memorials of Ronald Harry Coase organized by School of Economics and Finance, The University of Hong Kong and delivered a speech in English.
7.From October 2010 to September 2011, Zhou studied at Department of International Development, University of Oxford as a visiting scholar.
8.From July 14 to 21, 2008, at the invitation of Marjorie E. Holme at University of Chicago Law School, Zhou attended Conference on China’s Economic Transformation led by Nobel Prize winner Ronald H. Coase and organized by University of Chicago, and gave a speech titled “Contractual Protection of Intellectual Property Rights”.
9.From June 21 to 23, 2007, she attended the 11th Annual Conference of International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE) held in Iceland.
10.From June 15 to 21, 2007, Zhou took part in Workshop on Institutional Analysis organized by Ronald Coase Institute in Iceland.
Academic papers
1.Yan Zhou, Yao Pan, Subsidization versus Tax Reduction -- The Policy Choice for New Energy Vehicles under the Constrains of Transaction Costs, Management World, Vol. 10, 2019.
2.Yan Zhou, Transaction Costs and Sino-American Trade Disputes, Academic Research, Vol. 10, 2019.
3.Yan Zhou, Should the Government Break up Monopoly? --On a Theoretical Basis, Academic Research, Vol. 11, 2018.
4.Yan Zhou, Xiaomao Li: Analysis of the Impact of Government Subsidies on the Biopharmaceutical Industry and Countermeasures -- Taking G Economic and Technological Development Zone in Guangdong Province as an Example, Fujian Tribune (The Humanities and Social Sciences Monthly), Vol. 9, 2018.
5.Yan Zhou, Contractual Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Man and the Economy, June 2018, De Gruyter. Berlin Vol. 5, Iss. 1, (2018): 40-53. DOI: 10.1515/me-2018-0007.
6.Yan Zhou: Enlightenment on “Supply-side Reform” from Thirty Years of Reform Experience, Reference for Decision-making, Vol. 16, 2017.
7.Yan Zhou: The Contractual Nature of the Government and Economic Governance--Transaction Costs in Chinese Local Governments, Management World, Vol. 8, 2017.
8.Yan Zhou: Government Boundary in the “Supply-side Reform” -- With a Discussion on Inter-county Competition and Industrial Policies, Academic Research, Vol. 7, 2017.
9.Yan Zhou: Government Regulation and Market Regulation: Which Is Better? Academic Research, Vol. 3, 2016.
10.Yan Zhou: Coase Theorem and China’s Economic Reform -- An Explanation from the Perspective of “Property Rights-Transaction Costs”, Academic Research, Vol. 2, 2015.
11.Yan Zhou, Muqun Du: The Dilemma of Public Goods Theory Providing Basis for Government Expenditure, Academic Research, Vol. 8, 2013.
12.Yan Zhou: Compensation Contracts and Functions of Joint Ventures -- Taking China’s Two Largest Auto Joint Ventures for Example, Journal of Technical Economics and Management, Vol. 8, 2013.
13.Yan Zhou, John Zhang, Rongwei Ren; Government Regulations, Institutional Choice, and Market Effects, 2011 International Conference on E-Business and E-Government (ICEE2011), Volume 1, P355-P359, May 6th-8th, 2011 Shanghai, China. IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1159J-PRT, ISBN: 978-1-4244-8692-2.
14.Yan Zhou: Negative Effects of Government Regulation, Management World, Vol. 3, 2010.
15.Yan Zhou: Public Management Research: Tradition and Frontier -- Description of a Disciplinary Framework, Journal of Sun Yat-Sen University (Social Science Edition), Vol. 1, 2010.
16.Yan Zhou: A Comparison of Formal and Informal Systems in the Investment of Chinese Provincial Governments, Wuhan University Journal (Philosophy & Social Sciences), December 2006, Vol. 6.
17.Yan Zhou: On the Essence of Cooperation of Enterprises Engaged in Custom Manufacturing with Imported Materials -- A Survey and Analysis of Enterprises in the Pearl River Delta, Modern Management Science, Vol. 4, 2005.
18.Yan Zhou: Analysis of Market Access of Multinational Corporations and Effects of Their Monopoly, Forum of World Economics & Politics, Vol. 3, 2003.
19.Yunshi Mao, Yan Zhou: Mechanisms of Silicon Valley and the Rapid Growth of Enterprises -- Revisiting the Relationship between Enterprises and Markets, Management World, Vol. 6, 2002.
Works/translations
1.Zhou Yan: Transaction Costs and Public Economy, Central Compilation & Translation Press, October 2017.
2.Zhou Yan: On Transnational Contract -- With a Discussion on the Impact of Government Regulation on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Peking University Press, September 2009.
3.Li Junhui, Zhou Yan: Price Theory and Applications: Decisions, Markets, and Information (7th edition) (translation), authors of the original: Jack Hirshleifer, Amihai Glazer, David Hirshleifer, Machinery Industry Press, February 2009.
Main vertical subjects
1.Hosted project of consultant and research of Guangdong Research Institute of Development Strategy for China Engineering Technology “System Design of Government-invested Large-scale Scientific Facilities”, approval number 2019-GD-11.
2.Hosted project of National Social Science Foundation of China “Research on the Organizational Legitimacy of China’s Informal Small and Micro Enterprises and Government Regulation”, approval number 14BGL052.
3.Hosted young teachers training program of Sun Yat-sen University with expenses covered by fundamental scientific research of institutions of higher learning “Research on Models of Intellectual Property Rights Protection under Government Control”, 2012.
