Vasilii Erokhin holds a Ph.D. degree in Economic and Management (2006) and a Specialist degree in International Economics (2003) from Stavropol State Agrarian University, Russia. He is an Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China. Since 2017, he is a researcher at the Center for Russian and Ukrainian Studies (CRUS) and Arctic Blue Economy Research Center (ABERC) Harbin Engineering University, China. In 2018, he also joined in Key West University (Florida, USA) as an Adjunct Professor. He is an author of over 250 scientific works in the areas of international trade, globalization, sustainable development issues with a focus on emerging markets, developing countries, and economies in transition. He is a guest editor at Sustainability and Economies; an Associate Editor at Journal of Knowledge Economy; an editorial board member at several international journals and publications. Vasily Erokhin is an invited expert of the Association of International Economics and Trade, Heilongjiang Province, China. He is a holder of the honorary awards from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (2010), Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (2012).