Professor Jane Golley is an economist in the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University (ANU). Her inter-disciplinary research focuses on the Chinese economy, including China’s growing geoeconomic capabilities and the impact of its bilateral political relations on patterns of trade. She has served as President of the Chinese Economic Society of Australia (2010-2012) and the Chinese Studies Association of Australia (2020-2021). She is currently an Executive Member of the Australia-China Business Council (ACT) and an Advisory Board member for the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology, Sydney.