Co-Chair of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) (took up the post in May 2018), chair of the China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CNCPEC) (took up the post in June 2017), director of China Shanghai Cooperation Organization Research Center, director of China Asian-African Cooperation Center, director of China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), “Belt and Road” Research Center. Former President of CIIS (June 2015-January 2018). Graduated from and teaches in Xi’an International Studies University. Master’s and Doctorate in International Relations and Regional Studies, Brigham Young University, USA; Postdoctoral degree, Harvard University and Beijing Foreign Studies University. Smithsonian Institution Fellow; Senior Fulbright Fellow, Georgetown University, John Hopkins University and the George Washington University. Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU); Doctoral Supervisor, Tsinghua University. Senior Research Fellow and Vice-President of CIIS. Former Minister Counsellor, Chinese Embassy in the USA, Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname and Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland. Author of American China Policy and the Taiwan Issue, and International Situation in the New Century and China’s Response.