He received his Ph.D. from Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. He is a member of Jiusan Society in China which is a political party comprising of intellectuals engaged in science and technology. Dr. Song’s research centers on international trade, regional economics and Chinese economy. As a Beaufort visiting scholar at St. John’s college, he plans to wrap up two ongoing research projects on trade policy uncertainty and firms dynamics in export markets, and foreign exchange rate fluctuation and pricing strategy of firms in export markets. He also aims to explore new collaborative research topics while residing at the college. His sponsoring fellow is Dr Crowley.