Dr Yanzhe Zhang is a Senior Research Fellow at Australia-New Zealand School of Government Institute for Governance. He is also an fellow of Institute of Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra (Australia). Thus, Dr. Yanzhe Zhang is an adjunct professor at Jilin University (China). Yanzhe is also the coordinator of Australia- China Public Administration and Governance Program. ... Read more Before taking up these roles he was senior Lecture at Liaoning University (China). Yanzhe is the designer of senior executive training program for Australian National Audit Office and China National Audit Office. He is an expert on public sector governance with a particular emphasis on citizen-centric governance. Yanzhe’s research has centred on: a) evaluating the role, real and potential, of policy transfer in institution-building in developed and developing areas; b) studying the nature and impact of administrative reform in developed and transition states; c) evaluating state policy responses to processes of globalisation; and, d) evaluating critical issues in Australian and Chinese governance. The research theme that binds all of these areas together is his interest in public sector institution-building and processes of governance. Show Less