Dr Lingfei Weng

Chongqing University

Dr Lingfei Weng is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, China. She is also a member of the “Hundred Talents Program”, a plan in China to recognize and recruit world-leading experts in scientific research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Lingfei was previously a postdoctoral research associate at Tsinghua University in China, and received her Ph.D. in Environment Science at James Cook University, Australia. Her research focuses on sustainability and development, particularly on China’s role in promoting the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals via foreign investments and aid to developing nations in Africa and Southeast Asia.