Yan Xu is Scientia Associate Professor of Tax Law in the Business School at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Adjunct Associate Profession in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining UNSW in September 2019, she was a tenured Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She was a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar at Columbia Law School in 2014-15. She has held a number of international academic fellowships at, among others, the University of Cambridge, New York University, the University of Melbourne and UNSW. She has published in a range of international journals, presented papers at high-level international and regional conferences, made presentations on invitation from prominent bodies, including the Australian Commonwealth Treasury and International Fiscal Association, and is often invited to act as referee for highly-ranked law journals and academic books. She has successfully secured several highly competitive government grants including Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund grants (equivalent to Australian Research Council Discovery Projects). Her research interests include comparative tax law and policy, international taxation, history of tax law and environment taxation.
Book Chapters
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Xu Y, 2021, 'The Destination Principle in International Trade in Services: The Chinese Experience', in van Brederode RF (ed.), Virtues and Fallacies of VAT An Evaluation After 50 Years, pp. 529 - 560
2021
Yan Xu , 2017, 'China', in Littlewood M; Elliffe C (ed.), Capital Gains Taxation: A Comparative Analysis of Key Issues, Edward Elgar, pp. 168 - 195, https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/capital-gains-taxation
2017
Xu Y, 2012, 'Environmental Taxation in China: the Greening of an Emerging Economy', in Milne J; Andersen M (ed.), Handbook of Research on Environmental Taxation, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 303 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781781952146.00027
2012
Journal articles
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Xu Y; Krever R, 2021, 'VAT Compliance Burdens in the OECD and China', British Tax Review, pp. 328 - 350
2021
Xu Y; Krever R, 2021, 'Vat compliance burdens in the oecd and china', British Tax Review, vol. 2021, pp. 328 - 350
2021
Xu Y; Zhao Z, 2021, 'International Tax Planning: China's New Regime for Taxing Expatriate Income: Tightening the Screws or Vintage Wine in a New Bottle?', Canadian Tax Journal/Revue fiscale canadienne, vol. 69, pp. 953 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.32721/ctj.2021.69.3.itp
2021
Bill B; Yan X, 2016, 'Chinese Tax Policy and the Promotion of Agricultural Cooperatives and Environmental Protection', Australian Tax Forum: a journal of taxation policy, law and reform, vol. 31, pp. 649 - 669, https://www.taxinstitute.com.au/tiausttaxforum/chinese-tax-policy-and-the-promotion-of-agricultural-cooperatives-and-environmental-protection
2016
Butcher B; Yan X, 2014, 'Chinese Cooperatives and Environmental Social Responsibility', The Chinese Economy, vol. 47, pp. 63 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.2753/CES1097-1475470403
2014
Xu Y, 2014, 'Key Questions Regarding Chinese Tax Law', Tax Notes International, vol. 76, pp. 1111 - 1113, http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2012.57.1.0293
2014
Xu Y, 2012, 'China's Turnover Taxation in the Pre-VAT Period: 1949-93', World Journal of VAT/GST Law, vol. 1, pp. 149 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.5235/WJOVL.1.2.149
2012
Xu Y, 2011, 'China’s ‘Stir Fry’ of Environmentally Related Taxes and Charges: Too Many Cooks at Work', Journal of Environmental Law, vol. 23, pp. 255 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jel/eqr004
2011
- Scientia Fellowship Award (Level D) by UNSW Sydney (2019);
- Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award (valued at A$100,000) by the US Department of State and Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) (2014-15) in connection with a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University School of Law and an invited visitor to the NYU International Taxation Program;
- Research scholarship by the Institute for Global Law and Policy of Harvard Law School (2014);
- Visiting Fellowship at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law (2014);
- International scholarship by Brown University International Advanced Research Institute (2013);
- Abe Greenbaum Fellowship by UNSW School of Taxation and Business Law (2012);
- OeAD Scholarship by the Austrian Federal Government (2008-2009).
Competitive Government Grants:
- Principal Investigator, “Indirect Taxation and the Digital Economy: Challenges and Responses in China”, Hong Kong RGC, General Research Fund 2019 (14613619) (A$98,992 (converted from HK$491,000, withdrawal due to moving to UNSW);
- Principle Investigator, “Tax Reform, the Rule of Law and Representative Government”, Fulbright-Hong Kong RGC, Senior Research Scholar Award 2014-15 (A$100, 000 (converted from HK$496,504));
- Principle Investigator, “Taxation and Development: Case Study of China”, Hong Kong RGC, Early Career Scheme 2015 (24607815) (A$120,568 (converted from HK$598,016));
- Co-investigator, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading in China: Insights from the EU’s Experience”, Hong Kong RGC, General Research Fund 2017 (14634116) (A$86, 288 (converted from HK$427,992));
- Participating Investigator, “Mitigating Tax Barriers to Trade and Investment between Australia and the People’s Republic of China”, Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (2012-15, A$198,550);
- Co-investigator, “Managing the Globalisation of Water Services in a World Affected by Climate Change”, WUN Research Development Fund (2013-15, A$110,080 (converted from HK$546,000));
- Co-investigator, “Europe-Hong Kong Tax Treaties”, Eurasia Pacific Uninet Research Grant (2013-14, A$22,984 (converted from HK$114,000), together with the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law).
Internal Grants:
- Chief Investigator, “Taxing Road Transport Fuel: Making Taxation an Effective Tool for Climate Action”, UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute, Interdisciplinary Seed Funding Award 2020 (1 January-31 December 2020, A$30,000);
- Principle Investigator, “The Impact of the Global Campaign against Tax Avoidance on Hong Kong”, CUHK United College Lee Hysan Foundation Research Grant (2018-19, HK$30,000);
- Principle Investigator, “Achieving a More Equitable Development: the Role of Taxation”, CUHK Faculty of Law Direct Research Grant (2013-2014, HK$30,500);
- Principle Investigator, “Enduring Echoes in a Changing Landscape: Lessons from China’s Tax History”, CUHK Faculty of Law Direct Research Grant (2012-2013, HK$59,104).
My major areas of research expertise are GST/VAT law, international taxation, environmental taxation, and studies of the history of tax law. I have research experience in the fields of inter-governmental fiscal relations, constitutional development and tax reform, and income inequality. I also have expertise in taxation and climate change and green energy transformation and would be able to share my expertise in these areas.