Vusal Guliyev

China Market Expert

Vusal Guliyev is the Head of Shanghai Office at AZEGLOB Consulting Group and Founder of the AZETRON Trading Group, a privately held business operating company headquartered in Shanghai, China.

In addition, he is an affiliated Policy Expert of the Topchubashov Center (a Baku-based global policy think tank where he writes extensively on East Asian and Indo-Pacific geopolitical affairs) and an Associate Research Fellow at the China Studies Center of Khazar University in Baku.

Besides being a graduate of Shanghai International Studies University, he previously held long-term Visiting Research Fellowships at Ankara University Asia-Pacific Research Center, Harvard University Davis Center, and Boğaziçi University Asian Studies Center, respectively. While pursuing his postgraduate studies, he attended the international workshop series at Kyushu University of Japan and interned at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences as well.

Apart from his contribution to numerous scholarly books, he regularly writes research articles, commentaries, op-eds, and analytical policy reports for local and international media outlets and think tanks. Throughout his professional career, he delivered consulting services to institutions from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, China, Japan, Canada, and Germany. He is fluent in Azerbaijani, Turkish, Chinese, English, and Russian.