Dr. SHAO Yuqun is the  Director of the Institute for Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macao Studies and senior research fellow of the Center for America Studies. She used to work as the Deputy Director of the Department of American Studies and the Director of the Department of Research Management & International Exchange, SIIS. Born in 1975, in Shanghai, she earned her B.A. in Chinese language and literature and M.A. in International Chinese Studies at East China Normal University and her Ph.D. in International Relations at the Fudan University.