Zhangbo Yang (yang_zb@xjtu.edu.cn) (PhD, Xi’an Jiaotong University) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology of School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. His research focus is on social network analysis, social capital, guanxi, and computational sociology. He has published several peer reviewed papers, including in Scientific Reports, Management and Organization Review, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, The Journal of High Technology Management Research. He also received support from several national foundations such as National Natural Science Foundation of China and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.