KANG Kuan

Date: 16-09-2026

Academic Interest / Research Area

Low-Carbon Economy, Digital Economy,andAgricultural Economics.

Category	Details
Position & Title	Lecturer.
Highest Degree	Ph.D. in Management, China Agricultural University, 2024.
Courses Taught	•Undergraduate:My Business Future •Undergraduate:Marketing Theory and Practice •Undergraduate:International Marketing •Graduate:International Economic Cooperation: Theory and Practice
Selected Research Outputs	Research Projects: • Principal Investigator, "Research on the Role of Patient Capital in Promoting Breakthrough Innovation in Strategic Emerging Industries in Liaoning (L25CJY019)" funded by the Liaoning Provincial Social Science Planning Fund Youth Project(2025-2027). • Principal Investigator, "Research on Net-Zero Carbon Transformation of Shenyang Metropolitan Area Driven by New Digital Infrastructure (SY20240317Q)" funded by the Shenyang Philosophy and Social Science Planning Youth Project (2024-2025). Journal Articles: •Liu, N., Pei, X., Nie, X., & Kang, K. (2025). Technology finance empowering strategic emerging industries: Transformation from scale expansion to quality improvement.China Development Observation, (11), 59–66. •Pei, X., Wang, J., Nie, X., & Kang, K. (2025). Mechanisms and pathways of “Artificial Intelligence+” empowering future industries.New Economy Review, (11), 77–83. •Pei, X., Kang, K., Liu, Y., & Lan, X. (2025). Integration of the digital economy and the real economy: Value implications and feature identification.Statistics & Decision, 41(20), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.13546/j.cnki.tjyjc.2025.20.001 •Kang, K., Pei, X., & Nie, X. (2025). Spatial equilibrium in the digital era: Measurement and spatiotemporal transition of new information infrastructure.Journal of Finance and Economics Theory Research, (06), 78–92. https://doi.org/10.13894/j.cnki.jfet.20251020.002 •Kang, K., Pei, X., & Nie, X. (2025). New digital infrastructure empowering net-zero carbon transition in metropolitan areas.New Economy Review, (08), 59–64. •Xu, M., Pei, X., Kang, K., & Yan, Y. (2025). Research on optimizing talent introduction policies in Liaoning Province.China National Conditions and Strength, (06), 62–66. https://doi.org/10.13561/j.cnki.zggqgl.2025.06.015 •Li, M., Ke, X., Kang, K., & Guo, P. (2024). Digital inclusive finance and economic resilience of new agricultural business entities: Empowerment or disempowerment?Journal of China Agricultural University, 29(04), 40–53. •Jia, Y., Chen, Y., Kang, K., & Guo, P. (2023). Digital transformation and charter value of commercial banks driven by digital technology.Shanghai Finance, (08), 55–68. https://doi.org/10.13910/j.cnki.shjr.2023.08.005 •Kang, K., Guo, P., & Pei, X. (2023). Spatiotemporal patterns and influencing factors of ecological carbon sinks in China.Statistics & Decision, 39(14), 157–162. https://doi.org/10.13546/j.cnki.tjyjc.2023.14.029 •Lu, M., Kang, K., & Pei, X. (2023). E-commerce and regional innovation under the background of “Digital China”: Theoretical analysis and empirical evidence.Journal of Changchun Finance College, (03), 47–58, 63. •Kang, K., & Guo, P. (2023). Spatial characteristics and influencing factors of urban industrial structure distortion in China.Statistics & Decision, 39(06), 120–124. https://doi.org/10.13546/j.cnki.tjyjc.2023.06.022 •Kang, K., Chen, J., & Guo, P. (2023). Imbalance of urban carbon footprint pressure in the Yangtze River Economic Belt under the “dual carbon” goals.Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin, 32(03), 537–547. •Kang, K., Chen, Y., Guo, P., & Chen, J. (2023). Impact of farmland fragmentation on vegetation carbon sinks under the “dual carbon” goals.Chinese Journal of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, 44(09), 124–134. •Kang, K., Guo, P., & Chen, J. (2022). Measurement and imbalance of urban carbon footprint pressure in China: Differences, polarization, and spatial agglomeration characteristics.Urban Problems, (10), 4–16. https://doi.org/10.13239/j.bjsshkxy.cswt.221001 •Kang, K., Chen, Y., Guo, P., & Chen, J. (2023). The impact of grain production on ecological carbon sinks.Chinese Journal of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, 44(01), 1–9. •Zhang, C., Kang, K., Zhang, Y., & Guo, P. (2021). Does “one household, one plot” affect wheat production costs? Evidence from 506 farmers in Shandong Province.Jiangsu Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 37(06), 1592–1600. •Guo, P., & Kang, K. (2021). Research progress on rural e-commerce.Journal of Yunnan Provincial Party School of the CPC, 22(03), 130–138. https://doi.org/10.13410/j.cnki.ypcscpc.2021.03.016 •Sun, Y., Lin, C., & Kang, K. (2020). Empirical test of the impact of free trade zone construction on the “three drivers” of the economy.Statistics & Decision, 36(23), 70–72. https://doi.org/10.13546/j.cnki.tjyjc.2020.23.015 •Lin, C., Kang, K., & Sun, Y. (2019). The impact of inclusive finance on urban employment in China: Evidence based on regional, industrial, and city-scale heterogeneity.Urban Problems, (08), 94–104. https://doi.org/10.13239/j.bjsshkxy.cswt.190811 •Lin, C., Kang, K., & Sun, Y. (2019). Regional differences and polarization trends of inclusive finance in China: 2005–2016.International Finance Research, (08), 3–13.https://doi.org/10.16475/j.cnki.1006-1029.2019.08.001 •Chen, Y., Fiankor, D.-D. D., Kang, K., & Zhang, Q. (2023). Assessing the role of institutional effectiveness on carbon sequestration: The case of China's nature reserve policy.China Agricultural Economic Review, 15(4), 777–794. https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-05-2022-0092
Selected Teaching Achievements	Teaching Projects: • Principal Investigator, "Flipped Classroom in Linguistics Teaching," University Teaching Reform Project (2019-2021). Student Supervision: •Supervised an undergraduate thesis that received the Third Prize for an outstanding case of deeply integrating “real-world problems” from social contexts into the undergraduate thesis (2024).
Contact	Email:kangkuan@lnu.edu.cn