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Xiahai Wei is a prominent researcher specializing in the economics of technological change, labor markets, and environmental sustainability, with a particular focus on the transformative role of industrial robots in China's rapidly evolving economy. His work sits at the intersection of automation, green development, and employment dynamics, offering rigorous empirical insights into how intelligent manufacturing reshapes both workers' lives and the natural environment. Wei's most impactful contribution examines industrial robots as agents of decarbonization in Chinese cities, accumulating 137 citations and establishing him as a leading voice in low-carbon development research. Complementing this, his investigation into robots' effects on air quality — garnering 39 citations — reveals the dual environmental dividends of automation through improved energy efficiency and green technological innovation. On the labor side, Wei has systematically explored how technological change drives unemployment, labor turnover, and job satisfaction across China's 283 prefectural-level cities, employing sophisticated econometric techniques including GMM estimation to capture causal dynamics. Collectively, his research provides a comprehensive portrait of China's automation revolution, addressing pressing questions about economic inequality, environmental governance, and workforce stability that resonate well beyond Chinese borders, making his scholarship essential reading for economists, policymakers, and sustainability researchers alike.