Allison Shichen Du is currently a MPhil candidate in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (China Studies), the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong. Born in Northeast China, she finished her undergraduate degree with first honor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong in 2020. Her research areas focus on ethnic tourism in Northeast China, grassroot-official relationship within cultural heritage management, food studies, and cultural sociology of ethnic identity. She also has work experience as the communication coordinator of The French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC).

杜適辰2020年以一等榮譽畢業於香港大學社會科學學士項目，現為香港大學外國語言文化學院中國研究項目的哲學碩士候選人。她的研究關注中國東北地區的少數民族旅游業發展、文化遺產還有文化原真性的討論，主要采取質性研究和民族志的研究方法。她也曾在法國現代中國研究中心的香港辦公室全職擔任見習聯絡主任一職，積纍了在學術出版單位工作的經驗。