Digital-era Government Services
How digital transformation reshapes access to public services, administrative responsiveness, and citizen–state interactions.
- Public service delivery
- Digital governance
- Public administration
Digital Government · Environmental Governance · Policy Evaluation
Digital public services. Environmental coordination. Evidence-led policy.
I study digital-era government services and cross-departmental environmental governance. My work also examines environmental economics and policy evaluation, supported by data development.
PhD Candidate
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Chengdu · Singapore
01 About
Research on digital governance, environmental policy, and data.
I am a PhD Candidate in Economics at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. From 2025 to 2026, I am a CSC-supported Joint PhD Student at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
My work explores how digital transformation reshapes government service delivery, how departments coordinate environmental action, and how environmental policies perform. Spatial analysis and datasets connect these questions to measurable outcomes.
5Peer-reviewed papers
2National Scholarships
11SEA countries covered
4,413City-level units mapped
02 Research agenda
From digital public services to environmental action.
My research agenda asks how services are delivered, how agencies coordinate, and how policies perform—linking institutional questions with empirical evaluation and data development.
Cross-departmental Environmental Governance
How public agencies coordinate across departments, jurisdictions, and policy domains to respond to environmental problems.
- Interagency coordination
- Governance capacity
- Policy implementation
Environmental Economics & Data
Economic and policy evaluation supported by spatial analysis and transparent, fine-grained environmental datasets.
- Policy evaluation
- Dataset development
- Spatial analysis
03 Selected publications
Research outputs
4,413admin-3 units
Energy systems
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Electric vehicle rental battery replacement and maintenance decisions
Jigang He, Xingyu Chen, M. Ma, & M. Gao · Energy, 333, 137460
Carbon data
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China’s county-level monthly CO₂ emissions during 2013–2021
Ming Gao, Chaofan Tu, Miaomiao Liu, Jiandong Chen, Xingyu Chen*, et al. · Scientific Data, 12, 1217
Spatial economics
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A multi-dimensional analysis on potential drivers of China’s city-level low-carbon economy from the perspective of spatial spillover effects
Ming Gao, Xingyu Chen, Yiyin Xu, Tianyu Xia, Ping Wang, & Boyang Chen · Journal of Cleaner Production, 419, 138300
Remote sensing
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Accuracy assessment of land cover products in China from 2000 to 2020
Zhiwen Li, Xingyu Chen, Jie Qi, Chong Xu, Jiafu An, & Jiandong Chen · Scientific Reports, 13, 12936
04 Experience
Academic journey
Training in economics and public administration, complemented by international policy experience.
Current · CSC
Joint PhD Student
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
PhD Candidate in Economics
School of Public Administration
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Bachelor of Management
School of Public Administration
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
05 Grants & other outputs
Governance effectiveness under risk shocks
Climate risk, government response, and regional energy transition.
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · SWUFERegional carbon-peak forecasting and policy evaluation
Using newly developed carbon-emissions data to forecast pathways and optimize policy in China.
MOE Humanities & Social Sciences Youth Fund《流域生态补偿政策与实践》
余婕、李星皓、陈星雨，经济科学出版社。
ISBN 978-7-5218-6887-6政策案例与公共传播
《高原地区耕地保护政策执行的现实困境与解决策略——以凉山州木里县为例》；《遥感卫星数据助力实现“碳中和”目标》。
中国专业学位教学案例中心 · 四川日报06 News & recognition
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International engagement · 2025
From research to the international policy arena.
As an inaugural ISETS Youth Ambassador and delegation member, I delivered a presentation at the 6th observance of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies in Bangkok, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Published a city-level Southeast Asia carbon-emissions dataset in Scientific Data.
Awarded the China National Scholarship.
Paper presentation at the symposium “Towards Carbon Neutrality: Green Transition under Global Climate Governance,” Wuhan.
Third Prize, Research Competition on Economic and Social Development in Western China — Team Leader.
China National Scholarship; led a nationally recognized “Excellent Social Practice Team.”
Third Prize, the 1st ISETS Global Competition of Youth Voice on Energy Transition, initiated by ISETS in collaboration with UN ESCAP, Bangkok — Team Leader.
Youth Voice on Energy Transition2025 Global Final · Bangkok
Public engagementEnvironmental learning in conversation · 2024
Policy exchangeInternational meeting · 2023
Research · Collaboration · Conversation
Let’s turn better data into better decisions.
I welcome conversations on digital-era government services, cross-departmental environmental governance, environmental economics and policy evaluation, and collaborative data development.
chenxingyu_xy@163.com ↗