**About the Editors**

**Vasilii Erokhin**, Associate Professor at School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China. Since 2017, Dr. Erokhin has been a researcher at the Center for Russian and Ukrainian Studies (CRUS) and Arctic Blue Economy Research Center (ABERC), Harbin Engineering University, China. Dr. Erokhin is the author of over 190 scientific works in the areas of international trade, globalization, sustainable development, and food security issues, with a focus on emerging markets, developing countries, and economies in transition. Dr. Erokhin is an editor and board member for several peer-reviewed journals and a holder of honorary awards from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. In 2018 and 2019, Dr. Erokhin was named among the Publons top peer reviewers in cross-field studies and environment and ecology.

**Gao Tianming**, Associate Professor at School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China. Dr. Gao is a Director and Chief Expert of the Center for Russian and Ukrainian Studies (CRUS) and Arctic Blue Economy Research Center (ABERC) at Harbin Engineering University, Deputy Head of the Heilongjiang International Economic and Trade Association, and leading consultant of governmental bodies and commercial organizations in the sphere of economic collaboration between China, Russia, and the Republic of Korea. He has over 15 years of professional experience as a general representative of Chinese transnational corporation in Russia and the CIS. Dr. Gao is an author of many publications related to China's arctic policy and developments, and China–Russia and China–Nordic collaboration in the spheres of economic development, industrial policy, and investment.

**Andrei Jean Vasile** Full Professor at the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Department of Business Administration. He is an Editor-in-Chief for the *International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management* (USA), a founder of the Research Network on Resources Economics and Bioeconomy (RebResNet), and a member of the Balkan Scientific Association of Agrarian Economists, Danube Adria Association for Automation & Manufacturing –DAAAM International Vienna and Information Resources Management Association-USA. Agricultural economics and rural development, energy and resource economics, business economics, and sustainable development are among his research and scientific interests, where he has published over 70 articles, 11 scientific books, and numerous conferences presentations.
