Xing Huibin, a professor of Hebei University, China, obtained his Ph.D degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Prof. Xing conducted his post-doctoral research at the Chinese Academy of Science. Prof. Xing’s fields of research consist of cultural tourism, heritage tourism, cross-cultural communication, and community participation. Prof. Xing has published more than a hundred research articles in peer-reviewed journals. He also completed several national and provincial level research projects.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shri Dewi Applanaidu is attached to the Department of Economics and Agribusiness, School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). She obtained her PhD in Economics from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Dr. Shri Dewi also a lifetime member for Malaysian Economic Association. As an academic staff of UUM, she has been active in teaching, supervision, research, publications, consultations and innovations.
She teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Some of the taught courses at the undergraduate level are Agricultural Production Economics, Econometrics and Research Methodology, while the taught courses at the postgraduate level are Research Methodology, Advanced Microeconomics and Managerial Economics.
In terms of supervision, she has successfully supervised 9 PhD students (2 from Sri Lanka, 5 from Nigeria & 2 from Malaysia). She also has been appointed as an internal and external PhD and Masters Thesis examiner.
Her research interests are in the area of Agricultural Commodity Modeling, Agricultural Economics, Food Security and Development Economics. She also has produced several publications nationally and internationally in the form of journal articles, book, chapter in books and proceedings. Besides publications, she also has been appointed as a reviewer for journal articles and the external reviewer for Oil Palm Industry Economic Journal under Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). She is also very keen into innovation and she and her team won 2 gold and 2 silver medals in the International Innovation Exhibitions.
In term of consultations, recently she has been appointed as a Short Term Consultant for two projects with World Bank entitled “Towards a New Approach for Malaysia’s Paddy and Rice Policy” and “Smallholders and Area Development Component in the Agricultural Transformation and Inclusive Growth: The Malaysian Experience”. She also has completed a consultation project with Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) in year 2021. She also has been appointed as an external consultant for the Development of Strategic Master Plan for Reaching SDGs 2030 Goals in the Palm Oil Sector by Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) and Universitas Indonesia (UI).
