Members & Partnerships

Kok Wei Khong

Dean of Nottingham University Business School China

Chair of UNNC Environmental Sustainability Committee

Initiator of Centre for Responsible Business and Innovation

Professor of Marketing Analytics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Marketing Analytics; Digital Marketing; Machine Learning; Sustainable Consumption 

 

Jing Dai

Director of RCE Ningbo & CRBI

Co-Programme Director of MIT SCALE Nottingham Ningbo Masters in Supply Chain Management

Chair Professor of Sustainable Operations and Technology Management, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Sustainable Supply Chain Management; Environmental Innovation; Emerging Digital Technologies 

 

Steven Zhou

Deputy Director of Centre for Responsible Business and Innovation

Associate Professor in International Business and Strategy, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Green Innovation; Innovation Adoption and Diffusion; Construction Industry

 

Xiaogang Bi

Director of Knowledge Exchange, Nottingham University Business School China

Director of MSc in Finance & Investment

Associate Professor in Finance, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Corporate Finance; Capital Markets

 

Xuan Feng

Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Ethically-oriented Leadership; Employee Wellbeing and Health; Employability and Career Development; Talent Management Policies and Practices; Experiential Learning Design

 

Chandra Ade Irawan

Associate Professor in Operations Management, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Sustainable Supply Chain Optimization; Offshore Wind Energy; Combinatorial Optimization

 

Eric Evans Osei Opoku

Associate Professor in Economics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Economics of Environmental Sustainability (Environmental Economics); Energy (Access, Poverty and Transition); Sustainable Development and Finance; Development Finance 

 

Jin’an Shao

Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Green Innovation; Sustainable Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility

 

Bingjian Liu

Associate Professor in Product Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Science and Engineering at University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Research Interests: Sustainability Product Design; Design Education; Multimodal Interactive Product Design; Cultural Creative Product Design

 

 

Youzong Xu

Assistant Professor in Economics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Applied Microeconomic Theory; Firm Strategy; Political Economy; Behavior Economics

 

 

Lei Liu

Assistant Professor in Management Science and Analytics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Sustainable Supply Chain Optimization; Healthcare Operations Management; Production Scheduling 

 

Weiping Liu

Assistant Professor in International Business and Strategy, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Corporate Social Responsibility; Green Innovation

 

Fengfeng Xie

Assistant Professor in Management Science and Analytics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Sustainable Operations Management; Global Supply Chain Management; Co-opetition Game Theoretic Models; Carbon Tariff

 

Judy Zhang

Research Coordinator

Audrey Song

Assistant, RCE Ningbo

Olympus Hedge Fund Investments Co., Ltd. (OHFI) was established in 2014 with a paid-up registered capital of RMB 125 million. Currently OHFI is headquarted in Hangzhou, with offices in Xianghu, Shanghai, Beijing and Sanya, where more than 80 employees work.

In February 2019, OHFI was registered as one of the first three private asset allocation fund managers at the Asset Management Association of China and issued the first private asset allocation fund in China.

Ningbo Intelligent Manufacturing Association (NIMA), initiated by the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, is China's first association with a purpose centered on intelligent manufacturing, aiming to advance the construction of the country's first pilot demonstration city for a strong manufacturing nation strategy. 

The Ningbo Intelligent Manufacturing Expert Committee (NIMEC) was established with the approval of the Ningbo Municipal Government and operates under the guidance of national and provincial intelligent manufacturing expert committees. As China's first pilot demonstration city in the manufacturing sector, Ningbo boasts robust industrial infrastructure and strong manufacturing capabilities. Adhering to the requirements of digital reform, NIMEC follows a work philosophy focused on implementing practical solutions, serving industrial enterprises, and building a digital-intelligent ecosystem. With the goal of enhancing corporate core competitiveness, NIMEC takes grassroots needs as its guidance, serves "regions + industries" as its targets, and operates in expert teams to provide professional guidance, consulting services, specialized training, and standard development. It strives to act as a government assistant, corporate supporter, and institutional facilitator. 

Since the inception in 2011, Ningbo Zhedong Environment and Energy Exchange Co., Ltd. has been at the forefront of environmental rights trading in China. With over a decade of dedicated service in the carbon market, they have embraced the strategic positioning of "Based in Ningbo, serving Zhejiang, and facing the nation," which has allowed us to play a pivotal role in lawful trading activities related to energy conservation, emission reduction, environmental protection, and energy rights.

Ningbo Orient Wires & Cables Co. Ltd., also known as Orient Cable (NBO), is a public company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (603606) and indexed by the FTSE Global Equity Indices.

It is a leading Chinese land & subsea cable solutions provider, particularly in terms of its innovation, quality control, and key technological breakthroughs. It is one of the most competitive companies in the global subsea cable market and have been designated and named within the “Shanghai Mainboard Top 100 Valued Companies”.

Ningbo Energy Conservation Association is a comprehensive energy conservation industry association in Ningbo, which is directly guided by Ningbo Energy Conservation Office and Ningbo Energy Bureau. It was established in January 1985. Its members are energy conservation administrative departments at all levels, key energy-consuming enterprises and relevant energy-saving product production and operation enterprises, intermediary organizations promoting energy-saving products (technologies), scientific research institutes and relevant personnel engaged in energy conservation research. The purpose of the association is to serve the society, the market and enterprises, and to provide energy conservation and consumption reduction services for enterprises.

smart is an intelligent pure-electric vehicle brand established in 1994. It operates under smart Automobile Co., Ltd., with its global headquarters located in Ningbo, China. The company has marketing centers in both China and Germany, while its production base is situated in Xi'an, China. Since the birth of the brand in the 90s, smart has always maintained the vision of exploring the best solutions for future urban mobility. smart Automobile was officially established in 2019 with a forward-looking "China-Europe, dual home" global development strategy, and is committed to becoming a world-leading, new-premium, intelligent and all-electric auto brand.

B Corps (B Corporations) is a concept proposed by B Lab. It selects a group of for-profit enterprises that meet high standards in social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability through the B Impact Assessment (BIA). Currently, there are more than 9,000 B Corps worldwide, spanning over 160 industries, and they are committed to using the power of business to address social and environmental issues.

Hangzhou City University (HZCU) is a full-time public university approved by China's Ministry of Education and Hangzhou Municipal People's Government. Since its establishment in 1999, HZCU has been dedicated to providing high-quality higher education that caters to the evolving needs of our students and contributes to the advancement of the economy and society. In June 2020, Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government and Zhejiang University signed a cooperation agreement to exceptionally support its leap-forward development so that HZCU would make it to be China’s top application-oriented university.

The UNNC Health and Wellbeing Centre (HWC) is committed to promoting an inclusive university experience that encourages a proactive, accessible, holistic approach to health and wellbeing. It provides an array of professional services tailored to support our staff and students' physical, emotional, mental health and wellbeing needs during their time at UNNC. It houses the main bases for the Clinic, University Counselling Service, Mental Health Advisory Service, Disability Support Service and Health Promotion.

Established on May 28 2001, Ningbo Branch of Industrial Bank is a Tier-1 branch (provincial-level branch) directly managed by the head office. Since its inception, it has consistently adhered to the customer-centric business philosophy, closely aligned with national and regional economic development priorities. Committed to supporting the real economy and serving public livelihood, the branch implements the "Commercial Banking + Investment Banking" strategy while enhancing its three key strengths as a "Green Bank, Wealth Bank, and Investment Bank." Through proactive innovation, it has continuously strengthened and deepened business cooperation across various sectors in Ningbo.
As one of China's earliest commercial banks to explore green finance and the country's first Equator Principles-adhering bank, Industrial Bank Ningbo Branch leverages regional resource advantages and its green finance expertise. In recent years, it has pioneered several landmark initiatives, including the nation's first "photovoltaic climate loan," Zhejiang Province's first sustainability-linked loan in the petrochemical sector, the bank's inaugural sustainability-linked loan in the petrochemical industry. Recognized as the lead institution for climate finance in Ningbo's industrial sector, the branch proudly champions green finance leadership in the region.

Ningbo University (NBU) was set up in 1986 with the donations from Sir Yue-Kong Pao, the shipping magnet in Hong Kong. Mr. Deng Xiaoping inscribed the name of Ningbo University in Chinese characters “Ning Bo Da Xue” to express his best wishes for the new-born university. General Secretary Xi Jinping instructed during his administration in Zhejiang, “I hope Ningbo University will strive to become a first-class local comprehensive university in China, and make new and greater contributions to building Zhejiang into an innovative province and China into a harmonious socialist society."

In the course of its founding and development, NBU has received great care, support and help from the Communist Party committees and governments at all levels, the “Ningbobang” (“Ningbo-native merchant group”) at home and abroad and all sectors of society. In the early years, NBU owed a lot to five prestigious universities in China for their great support, namely, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, University of Science and Technology of China, Peking University, and the former Hangzhou University.

Established in June 2001, NingboTech University (NingboTech) changed its name from Zhejiang University Ningbo Institute of Technology (ZJUNIT) to the current one in January 2020. NingboTech is a full-time public university managed by Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government, founded by the Ningbo Municipal People’s Government, and supported by Zhejiang University (ZJU) with the ratification of the Ministry of Education (MoE). Adhering to the philosophy of “Education for students’ development”, NingboTech is committed to cultivating “high-quality and creative talents with all-round development, humanistic spirits and scientific literacy”. With a goal to be among “First Class Universities in Zhejiang and Top 100 in China”, it is currently thriving to turn itself into a high-level application-oriented university.

Ningbo University of Technology is a full-time undergraduate university and master’s degree conferring institution approved by the Ministry of Education,which was jointly founded by Zhejiang provincial government and Ningbo municipality, but mainly under the administration of the city. It covers an area of 1,200,000 square meters and comprises Fenghua Campus, Cuibai Campus, and Qianwan Campus. The university boasts 19 subordinate schools, 51 undergraduate programs, 24 first-level disciplines, 1415 teaching and administrative staff, 1136 full-time teachers with 437 having professorship and associate professorship and 636 having doctorate degrees, andthe university currently has more than 17,500 full-time undergraduate students and 203 graduate students.

Zhejiang Wanli University is a provincial undergraduate university with a history of 73 years. It was formerly Ningbo Agricultural College, the Ningbo Branch of Zhejiang Agricultural University, and then Zhejiang Rural Technical Teachers College. In 1999, the college was approved by the Ministry of Education to become a new type of university—“a public university that implements new management models and operating mechanisms”, which is highly acclaimed by education experts as “an exemplary practice of modern university system with Chinese characteristics”.

Ningbo University of Finance & Economics (NBUFE) is situated in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province—a city renowned for its rich historical and cultural heritage and its status as a modern international port. As a leading application-oriented undergraduate institution, NBUFE specializes primarily in economics and management, while embracing a multidisciplinary approach that integrates economics, management, engineering, humanities, and arts.
Founded in 2001, NBUFE officially became a full-fledged undergraduate institution in 2008. In 2015, it was selected as one of Zhejiang Province’s first pilot universities for application-oriented undergraduate education. The following year, it earned recognition as a “National Model Institution for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education.” In 2018, the university was renamed from Ningbo Dahongying University to Ningbo University of Finance & Economics, marking a significant new chapter in its development.