Zoon Ahmed Khan is a Pakistani Researcher and Journalist based in Beijing since 2015. She is an expert on Chinese Foreign Policy including the Belt and Road Initiative, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and China in the Muslim World. She has conducted in depth fieldwork on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, including Gwadar. Through her work she also focuses on engaging youth, business and government stakeholders to promote dialogue and cooperation in tangible ways. She has hosted and anchored various events including the World Peace Forum, CPEC Media Forum, and AGORA. Currently she is Research Fellow at the Belt and Road Institute in Tsinghua University, Anchor for China Economic Net, Commentator on international media and think tanks including CGTN, founding Editor-in-Chief of The ShangHe Review (the first English language publication focused on the SCO Region), and is pursuing a PhD in Politics from Tsinghua University.