Master’s and Doctorate in International Relations and Regional Studies, Brigham Young University, USA; Postdoctoral degree, Harvard University and Beijing Foreign Studies University. Former: Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU); Doctoral Supervisor, Tsinghua University. 2000, joined CIIS as a Senior Research Fellow and Vice-President; currently, President and Senior Research Fellow, CIIS; Director: China Shanghai Cooperation Organization Research Center; China Asian-African Cooperation Center; CIIS “Belt and Road” Research Center. From 2003, served as Minister Counsellor, Chinese Embassy in the USA, Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname and Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland. Smithsonian Institution Fellow; Senior Fulbright Fellow, Georgetown University, John Hopkins University and the George Washington University. Author of American China Policy and the Taiwan Issue, and International Situation in the New Century and China’s Response.