Yan Bowen is a Research Associate at the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Bowen obtained her Master of Science (Applied Economics) from Nanyang Technological University in 2022, and Bachelor of Economics from Jinan University in 2021. At ACI, she is involved in data management work for projects related to patents and knowledge diffusion. Her fields of interest include development economics, environmental economics and China economy.