Professor ZHANG Yuyan is a Senior Fellow and Director of Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), CASS Member, Member of the International Economics and Finance Advisory Group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Expert of Advisory Committee for Economic & Trade Policy of the Ministry of Commerce of China, President of China Society of World Economy and President of China Society of Emerging Economies. He obtained his Bachelor Degree in Economics from the Department of Economics at Peking University in 1983, and Master and Ph.D. Degrees in Economics at the Graduate School of CASS in 1986 and 1991 respectively. His main academic interests include institutional economics and international political economy. He authored Economic Development and the Choice of Institutions(1992), International Economic Politics(2008), The Sources of American Conduct(2015) and The Path of China’s Peaceful Development (2017), etc.