Professor Yi-Chong Xu

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Professor, Centre for Governance and Public Policy

Electricity Reform in China, India and Russia: The World Bank Template and the Politics of Power, (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2004
The Governance of World Trade: International Civil Servants and the GATT/WTO, (with Patrick Weller), (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2004
Powering China: Reforming the Electric Power Industry in China, (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002

'Last Chance: Multilateralism, TRIPS and Developing Countries,' in Justin Malbon, ed. The TRIPS Agreement: A Matter of Interpretation (forthcoming, Edward Elgar)
'Globalizing International Institutions' (with Patrick Weller) in Giorel Curran and Elizabeth van Acker (eds), Globalising Government Business Relations (Sydney, Pearson, 2007
'The Politics of Energy' in Giorel Curran and Elizabeth van Acker (eds), Globalising Government Business Relations (Sydney, Pearson, 2007
'China's Energy Security' in Michael Wesley (ED) Energy Security in Asia (London, Routledge), 2007
'International Civil Servants and Multilateral Trade Negotiations,' (with Patrick Weller) in Ross Buckley, ed., The WTO and the Doha Round: Changing Face of World Trade, (London: Kluwer Law International, 2003)
'Reforming China's Power Industry: An Institutional Explanation,' in Jenny Fleming and Ian Holland, eds., Government Reformed: Values and New Political Institutions, (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2003)

''To be but not to be seen': exploring the impact of international civil servants' (accepted and forthcoming) Public Administration
'China's Energy Security' Australian Journal of International Affairs, 60(2), 2006
'The Myth of the Single Solution: Electricity Reform and the World Bank,' Energy 31, 2006
'Models, Templates and Current: The World Bank and Electricity Reform,' Review of International Political Economy, 12(4), 2005
'A Powerhouse Reform: Conversion from the Ministry of Electric Power to the State Power Corporation in China,' Australian Journal of Political Science, 36:1 (2001)
'State Assets Depletion and Economic Reform in China,' Studies in Comparative International Development, 35:1 (2000)
'Maintaining Peace and Prosperity in the APR,' Peace Review: A Transnational Quarterly, 10:1 (1998)
'Deepening and Widening the Economic Reform in China: From Enterprise Reform to Macroeconomic Stability,' Journal of Developing Areas, 30:3 (1996)
'From Comprehensive Engagement to Multilateralism,' Peace Forum, 13:24 (1996
'Multilateral Cooperation in Security,' in Selected Papers from National Security and Globalization, co-edited by Research Committee on Arms Forces and Society (International Political Science Association) and the Sejong Institute, South Korea, 1996.

'Global Governance and International Civil Servants,' (with Patrick Weller) at the 5th Pan-European International Relations Conference: Constructing World Order, The Hague, 9-11 September 2004.
'Negotiating GATS: The GATT/WTO Secretariat and Policy Outcomes,' (with Patrick Weller) at Australian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Canberra, 2-3 October 2002.
'International Civil Servants and Multilateral Trade Negotiations,' (with Patrick Weller) at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Toronto, 29-31 May 2002.
'Organizing for Competition,' at Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San John, 12-14 October 2001.
'Transforming Electricity: International Experience,' at Governance and Justice 2001 Conference, Brisbane, 9-11 July 2001.
'A Powerhouse Reform: Conversion from the MEP to SPCC,' at the conference on Improving Accountability, Efficiency and Responsiveness in Government, organized by the international Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration, Beijing, 10-13 July 2000.
'The Chinese Economic Reform in the Energy Industry,' at the conference on Asia Pacific Governance, 2000, Brisbane, 27-28 April 2000.

Discovery Research grant from Australian Research Council on 'International Civil Servants and the World Bank: their Role and Impact,' $175,000 for three years (with Patrick Weller). I am a Partner Investigator.
Standard research grant from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) on 'Reforming the Electricity Industry: One Model Fits All?' $56,617 for three years