Mr. Pengfei Ni, Director of the Center for Cities and Competitiveness of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Professor of the National Academy of Economic Strategy, is mainly researching urban development economics, real estate economics, competitiveness economics, and unified development economics. He was awarded the highest award in Chinese economics—Sun Yefang Economic Works Award in 2005.
Mr. Marco Kamiya, UNIDO Representative in Indonesia, Timor Leste, and ASEAN Affairs, was Chief of the Division of Digital Transformation and AI Strategies at UNIDO. When the current study was conducted, he was Chief of the Urban Economy and Finance Branch of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, where he led global urban economy and financial studies and field projects. He is a senior member of the United Nations Economist Network (UNEN), and is affiliated with Cambridge University’s Industrial Innovation Policy (CIIP).