Zhaozhong Zhang

Zhejiang Academy of Forestry, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics

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Zhaozhong Zhang is an emerging scholar specializing in the economics of artificial intelligence, industrial automation, and international trade. His research focuses on understanding how technological advancements — particularly industrial robots and AI — reshape firm behavior, export dynamics, and global industrial structures. In his widely discussed 2023 paper, "How Can Artificial Intelligence Boost Firms' Exports?", Zhang investigates the mechanisms through which AI and industrial robots influence Chinese firms' export performance, identifying both productivity enhancement and labour substitution as critical pathways. Drawing on rich Chinese Customs data, this work has already garnered 6 citations, signaling strong early interest from the scholarly community. Building on this foundation, his 2025 study examines how industrial robot adoption enables economies to gain comparative advantages in high-tech industries, empirically tracing China's international industrial transfer patterns from 2008 to 2019 using ADB data. Together, these contributions position Zhang as a thoughtful voice on the intersection of automation and globalization. His work offers valuable insights for policymakers and researchers seeking to understand how technological transformation drives competitive shifts in the modern global economy.