China in the 21st Century Global and Regional Challenges

Torres Garcia Alberto Francisco is a professor and senior researcher at the Department of Economics at the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS). In 2013, he graduated from the Ph.D. program in Trans-Pacific Relations at the University of Colima (UCOL). He has been a member of the Mexican System of National Researchers, Level I, since January 2015. He is a member of the Academic Team of Public Policy and Economic Development. His areas of expertise and research relate to the study of economic development, competitiveness, and international business, areas that frame his academic output, including various journal articles, book coordination, and collaboration in book chapters. He participates in national and international networks for the generation and application of knowledge, such as the International Network on Competitiveness, Public Policy, and Tourism, the PECC-Mexico group, and the Interdisciplinary Research Group “China in the twenty-first century global economy sphere.”

Ivanova Boncheva Antonina is a professor and senior researcher at the Department of Economics and the director of APEC Studies Center, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS), Mexico. She is a doctor in Economics (UNAM) with Postdoctoral Degree in Peace Studies (University of Bradford, UK). She served as a vice chair of Working Group 3 Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2008–2016. She is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the Mexican System of National Researchers. She is a lead author of the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC (Nobel Price Reward 2007), and of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (2022). Her research focuses on policies and financial instruments of climate action, international cooperation, and sustainable

development. She is author or editor of 25 books, 82 book chapters, and more than 200 peer-reviewed papers.

González Garcia Juan is a doctor in Economic Science by the Higher School of Economics of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico. He is a full-time professor C at the University of Colima, Mexico, a scholar of the Economy of the Asia Pacific region, particularly the comparative economic development between the People’s Republic of China and Mexico. He has written ten books as single author in prestigious publishing publishers; he has written 10 books as co-author and has coordinated 12 books on the Asia Pacific Economy and the Economy of Mexico and China. He has written more than 120 scientific articles about the economies of Mexico, China, and Asia Pacific and more than 80 book chapters. He has also given more than 300 lectures in Mexico and abroad. He is a founder and director of the inter-institutional and multidisciplinary research group “China in the twenty-first century: global economy issues.”