Dr. James Jixian WANG is visiting associate professor of Department of Management Sciences and Research Centre on One-Belt-One-Road, City University of Hong Kong. Born in Beijing, he received his Bachelor in Economics from the People's University of China, M.Phil from the University of Hong Kong, and Ph.D. from University of Toronto. Currently he is a member of IGU Transport & Geography Commission Steering Committee, council member of Hong Kong Society for Transport Studies, and Fellow of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT-HK). Prior to CityU, Dr. Wang worked at Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong for 24 years as special in Transport Geography, with research focus in port development and port-city relations, and public transport in China. He has published widely in many internationally refereed journals and is editorial board member of Journal of Transport Geography, Transportmetrica A, Transportmetrica B, Transport and Society, Asian Geographer. He is chief editor of Ports, Cities, and Global Supply Chains published by Ashgate in 2007, and “Port-City Interplays in China” by Ashgate (2014) is his latest publication. As a port-city specialist, Dr. Wang has participated in port-city planning projects and strategic studies for more than 30 Chinese and other Asian port cities and regions. His recent research interests include also the impacts of high-speed train and airport on cities, the logistics geography of e-commerce, and the global consumption network (GCN). He is advisor of various committees on transport or port area development for port city governments in China, including Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

王緝憲博士，現任香港城市大學管理科學系及新絲路研究中心客座副教授。王博士出生於北京，曾就讀中國人民大學生產佈局專業，後到香港大學地理系獲得碩士，加拿大多倫多大學地理系獲博士學位，之後在香港大學任職24年，曾任地理系主任。他的研究專長是交通運輸地理學，主攻中國的門戶交通設施（港口、機場、高鐵樞紐）與區域和城市發展的關係。近年來更開始對跨境電商貿易與物流的研究。王博士是國際地理聯合會（IGU）交通運輸地理委員會常務理事，香港交通運輸研究學會常務理事，香港運輸與物流學會(CILT(HK))資深會員(Fellow)，Journal of Transport Geography, Transportmetrica 等五個國際知名學術期刊的編委。他在國際著名期刊發表了超過40篇學術文章，並有多部中英文專著。王博士更參與了內地和香港超過40個城市與區域規劃的研究項目，特別是大珠江三角洲（即大灣區）的港口與城際交通研究。王博士應邀成為了歐盟港口研究中心顧問，香港特區政府規劃署多個項目的顧問專家，廣州市交通管理委員會顧問，上海城鄉建設局交委顧問，深圳城市交通研究中心顧問專家，並擔任中國城市規劃研究院訪問教授和北京大學深圳研究院客座教授。