She had worked as a consultant in the World Bank from 2001 to 2003, and as a research in the State Economic & Trade Commission, P.R. China from 1995 to 1997. She has served as the President for Canadian Women Economists Network (CWEN), and the President for the Chinese Economists Society (CES). Her research interests lie in the empirical issues related to international trade and foreign direct investment, such as knowledge spillovers from FDI and trade. Her research has appeared in journals such as Canadian Journal of Economics, International Journal of the Economics of Business, Journal of Development Studies, Review of International Economics, and Contemporary Economic Policy, among others.