Dr Wenying Fu

Assistant Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

I have received my doctoral degree from the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. I was Associate Professor in Human Geography at the South China Normal University in Guangdong, and have been appointed as Senior Lecturer at Northumbria since 2018. My areas of expertise include regional innovation systems, global production networks, and informal economies. I single-authored a book published by Springer, Towards a dynamic regional innovation system: Investigation into the electronics industry in the Pearl River Delta. My research has been published in international peer-reviewed journals such as Economic Geography, Research Policy, Journal of Economic Surveys, Annals of Regional Science, Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, German Journal of Economic Geography, etc. I have been funded as PI by by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Regional Studies Association.

Campus Address

Ellison B223
City Campus
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE 8ST

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Key Publications

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Regional development through simultaneous strategic coupling: the uneven formation and matching of regional assets with global production networks, Lim, K., Fu, W. 15 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Economic Geography
The making of government-business relationships through state rescaling: a policy analysis of China’s artificial intelligence industry, Liu, Y., Fu, W., Schiller, D. 17 Feb 2026, In: Eurasian Geography and Economics
Structural and Agentic Powers in Regional Innovation across Chinese Core and Non-Core Cities, Liu, Y., Fu, W., Schiller, D. 31 Dec 2025, In: Regional Studies
Entrepreneurial ecosystem versus regional innovation system: Conceptualization and application to Chinese cities, Qian, H., Fu, W. 14 Mar 2024, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions, Oxford, Oxford University Press
Entrepreneurship and innovation: Who is forgotten?, Fu, W. 12 Jan 2024, Contemporary Economic Geographies, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol University Press
State infrastructural power through scalar practices: On China’s decarbonization endeavors, Fu, W. 1 May 2024, In: Environment and Planning A
University–industry linkages in China from the agency perspective of university engagement: a systematic literature review, Liu, Y., Fu, W., Schiller, D. 1 Jun 2024, In: Science and Public Policy
Building innovative capacity in regional entrepreneurship and innovation (eco)systems: Startups versus incumbent firms, Fu, W., Qian, H. 1 Sep 2023, In: Growth and Change
Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Fu, W. 1 Nov 2023, Contemporary Economic Geographies, Bristol University Press
The expansion of China’s market margins: navigating contingencies and conjunctures, Fu, W. 1 Oct 2023, In: Environment and Planning A