Yichao Li

Yichao Li (李翌超) received a Ph.D. from the Institute for Research on Portuguese-speaking Countries, City University of Macao (China). She also received a Master’s degree in comparative civil law (in Chinese) from the University of Macao, and a Bachelor of Laws from Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China. Her current research interests are the Belt and Road Initiative and Portuguese-speaking countries. Her latest publications are: Li, Y. C., and Vicente, M. (2020). Chinese partnerships and the Belt and Road Initiative: a synergetic affiliation. In Leandro, F., Duarte, P. (Eds.). The Belt and Road Initiative: An Old Archetype of a New Development Model. Palgrave MacMillan and Leandro, F; Pedro, P; Li, Y. (2021). China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Small Island States: From sporadic bilateral exchanges to a comprehensive multilateral platform. City University of Macao, China.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Special Economic Zones as Regional Development Enablers
Paulo Guilherme Figueiredo, Francisco José Leandro, Yichao Li. © 2022. 470 pages.
Special economic zones (SEZs) are important doorways for countries to attract foreign investment and promote trade. A strong correlation between the creation of SEZs and economic...
International and Domestic Discourses of China's Special Economic Zones: An Instrument for New Projects
Yichao Li, Cátia Miriam Costa. © 2022. 19 pages.
Although China's Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have already been widely known, they are under-studied, and the existing literature is missing certain topics such as the study...
Extending the China-Indian Ocean Blue Economic Passage: A New Wave of Special Economic Zones in African Portuguese-Speaking Countries – The Challenges and the Lessons
Yichao Li, Francisco José Leandro, Paulo Guilherme Figueiredo. © 2022. 35 pages.
Currently, both domestic and overseas SEZs are key elements of the BRI and China's strategy to augment access with consent to the global community and to lay down a new...