Deputy Director of the Center for American Studies, Secretary-General of the Center for Studies on Theories  and  Practices of Major-country Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics，Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). His research focuses on the governance and reform of the United Nations. He gained Doctor Degree (International Relations) from Fudan Universityin 2009, and BA (International Politics) from Shandong University in 2003. He used to be a Professor at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, and was a Visiting Scholar in Davidson College (NC, United States) in 2013-2014. He is the author of United States and the Reform of United Nations Security Council, and the Chinese translator of Arms and Influence (by Thomas C. Schelling), and After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council (by Ian Hurd).