Dr. Jingyuan Xu is an assistant professor at Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP) and a researcher at the LSE-Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy and the Fudan-Arab Research Centre for Global Development and Governance, Fudan University. She received her B.A. in International Politics from Fudan University and Ph.D. in Public Policy from the City University of Hong Kong. Dr. Xu's research focuses on global environmental and climate governance, collaborative governance and public finance management. Her recent work has appeared in Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, Climate Policy, Public Administration and Development, Environmental Politics, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Local Government Studies, Public Money and Management, among others. She is the principal investigators of several research projects funded by CPSF and NSFC. She is the program director of Master Program in Global Public Policy (MGPP). She has twice received the SCPA 'Article of the Year' award from the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), for the years 2024 and 2026.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Global environmental and climate governance, collaborative governance, public finance and budgeting, policy implementation in China

ACADEMIC POSITIONS：

• 2021.06-present, Assistant professor, Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University

• 2019.06-2021.05, Post-doctoral fellow, School of International Relationship and Public Affairs, Fudan University

• 2018.11-2019.06, Senior research associate, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong

EDUCATION

• 2014-2019, Ph.D. in Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong

• 2010-2014, B.A. in International Politics, Fudan University

• 2012.9-2013.1, Exchange program in Political Science University of California, Riverside

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Master in Global Public Policy

The Master in Global Public Policy (MGPP) is a two-year, full-time, English-taught program that trains students on the theoretical and applied dimensions of global policy analysis, implementation and evaluation. Students who fulfill the graduation and degree requirements will be awarded the Master of Management Science in Public Policy from Fudan University. 

COURSES

Chinese Public Policy

Graduate course (Fall semester), 2022-

Case Study of Global Governance

Graduate course (Fall semester), 2025-

International Organization Management

Undergraduate course (Spring semester), 2023-

English papers:

• XU, Jingyuan, Xiaohu Wang, Hanyu Xiao and Zhihang Yuan (2026). Promoting Fiscal Transparency for Sustainable Development: Global Evidence. Public Administration and Development: 1–14. (SSCI).   

• XU, Jingyuan and Yue Zhang (2026). Global-Local Nexus In Sustainable Development: The Influence of International Green Investment on Local Environmental Spending. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 69(2), 573–596. (SSCI).   

• Yuan, Zhihang, Xiaohu Wang, Jinwei Li and Jingyuan Xu (corresponding author) (2025). “Exploring Contextual Influences in Collaboration: A Sensemaking Perspective.” Policy Studies Journal. 53(4), 899–924 (SSCI). SCPA Article of the Year award 2025   

• Deng, Qianlei, Jingyuan Xu (corresponding author) and Xiaohu Wang. (2025). “The Role of Auditing Institutions in Advancing Fiscal Transparency: An Empirical Assessment of Global Practice.” Public Budgeting & Finance 0: 1–16. (SSCI)   

• Wang, XiaoHu, Jinwei Li, Zhihang Yuan and and Jingyuan Xu (corresponding author) (2025). “Chinese Central Government Intervention in Local Policy Implementation, The China Review, 25(1) (February 2025), 1–41. (SSCI)   

• JING, Yijia, Wenxue Fan, Meijun Liu and Jingyuan Xu (corresponding author) (2024). International Collaboration in Local Government Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis. Local Government Studies, 50(6), 1143–1152. (SSCI).    

• Wang, XiaoHu, Yijia Jing, Jingyuan Xu (corresponding author), et al. (2024) Understanding policy implementation capacity in China. Global Public Policy and Governance 4(2): 105-112.    

• Zhao, Chenlin, XiaoHu Wang, Peter T.Y. Cheung and Jingyuan Xu (corresponding author) (2023). Influence of External Authorities on Collaborative Frictions. Public Administration Review 83(3): 603-622. (SSCI). SCPA Article of the Year award 2023

• XU, Jingyuan and Yue Zhang (2022). Has the International Climate Regime Promoted Climate Justice? Evidence from Clean Development Mechanism Projects in China. Climate Policy, 22(2): 222-235 (SSCI).   

• WANG, Xiaohu and Jingyuan Xu (corresponding author). (2021). Debate: The central government’s capacity building role in policy implementation in China, Public Money & Management, 42(2): 57-58 (SSCI).   

• XU, Jingyuan (2021). Conflicts in multi-level governance: an analysis of international climate policy implementation at the sub-national level. Global Public Policy and Governance (1). 401–420, Best Paper of 2021   

• XU, Jingyuan, Xiaohu Wang and Hanyu Xiao (2020) How Environmental Bureaucrats Influence Funding Legislation: An Information Processing Perspective, Environmental Politics, 29(7): 1284-1305. (SSCI)

Chinese papers:

• Xu, Jingyuan, Binlu Yang and Yijia Jing. Differentiated Paths and Logic of International Public Policy Transfer: A Multi-Case Study Based on the 'Capacity-Target' Framework. Journal of Public Administration, 2026(05). (CSSCI)

• Liu, Mengyuan and Jingyuan Xu (Corresponding author). The Dilemma and Path of Local Government Implementation of High-Conflict Policies: An Analysis Based on the Implementation of the Straw Burning Ban Policy in County A, Province J. Fudan Public Administration Review, 2023(26):129-149. (CSSCI)

• Zhu, Chunkui, Zhaoyang Wu and Jingyuan Xu, How Can Public Services Provision Influence the Citizens’ Happiness: Empirical Testing Based on the Income-Happiness Framework. Public Administration and Policy Review, 2022(02):15-34. (CSSCI)

• XU, Jingyuan, How to Tackle the Dilemma in Climate Governance for the European Union Countries (Book Review), Fudan International Studies Review, 2021(01): 263-269. (CSSCI)

• Zhu, Chunkui, Mengyuan Liu and Jingyuan Xu, Research on the Progress and Prospect on Climate Policy Attitude, Nanjing Journal of Social Science, 2021(05):71-81+99. (CSSCI)

• Zhao, Chenlin and Jingyuan Xu(Corresponding author), Collaborative Governance between Hong Kong and the Mainland: A Comparative Case Study on the Three Forms of Cross-Border Governance, Journal of Public Administration, 2020(02): 58-75.(CSSCI)

• XU, Jingyuan, Yingyi Wang and Xiaohu Wang, Policy Challenges and Strategies for Governing Wildlife Protection: A multi-Case Study of Natural Habitat Preservation and Illegal Trade, Fudan Public Administration Review, 2020 (21): 203-228. (CSSCI)

Book:

• Xu, Jingyuan. (2026). International Cooperation on Climate Change: China's Experience Based on the Clean Development Mechanism. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

Book chapters:

• Dispute Resolution and Collaborative Governance Capacity Building: Exploring the Governance Model of the Greater Bay Area. In Legal System Construction in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Law and Governance. Hong Kong: Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Company Limited.

• “National Sustainability Planning: China’s Experiences and Lessons”. In Robert Brinkmann (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 2022

• “Performance Budgeting: Linking Administrative Strategies to Budgetary Outcomes” in Marc Holzer and Andrew Ballard (eds.) Public Productivity and Performance Handbook (third edition), New York: Routledge.2021

• “The Development of Fiscal Transparency in China: A Critical Review” in Xiaowei Zang and Hon Chan (eds.) Handbook of Public Policy and Public Administration in China. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2020

Policy reports and Commentary:

• Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change: A Comparative Study of Governance Processes in Australia, China, and the United States. https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/_upload/article/files/b7/49/c0d3ff164b79aa0105e5ba18264d/681f88b2-b274-4a2a-8eb2-3a429d94500b.pdf

• Adapting to Climate Change in China: A Focus on Vulnerable Groups. Alternative Policy Solutions. 2022-8-31: https://aps.aucegypt.edu/en/articles/814/adapting-to-climate-change-in-china-a-focus-on-vulnerable-groups.

• 中国的财政透明：进展、挑战与新方向，澎湃新闻：澎湃研究所, 2020-5-17: https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_7408366?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0

Research projects：

• 2023-2025 “Research on the Driving Factors and Inventive Mechanism of Local Climate Policy Adoption under the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Goals (No.7220040531)”,National Natural Science Foundation. (Principal investigator)

• 2020-2022 “Research on the Clean Development Mechanism: Project Distribution, Sustainability Evaluation and Policy Innovation (No.2020M681193)”, Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation. (Principal investigator)

• 2020-2023. “The role of authoritative imposition in collaborative actions: an empirical assessment of procedural and institutional design factors (No. 11604120)”. Research Grant Council of Hong Kong Government. (Participant)

• 2018-2019. “Administrative Strategies and Budgetary Outcomes: An Analysis of Hong Kong Environmental Legislation and Spending (No. 7005146)”. Strategic Research Fund of City University of Hong Kong. (Participant)

• 2015-2017. “Institutional Development and Budgetary Decision Making—the case of Hong Kong (No. 11600715)”. Research Grant Council of Hong Kong Government. (Participant)

Academic Awards:

• American Society for Public Administration SCPA Article of the Year Award, 2026

• American Society for Public Administration SCPA Article of the Year Award, 2024

• Best Paper Award, Global Public Policy and Governance, 2022

• Best Paper Award, Public Administration and Policy Review (in Chinese), 2022

• Best Thesis Award of the Third Young Scholar Forum of Journal of Public Administration(in Chinese), 2019

• The Outstanding Academic Performance Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2015