Dr. Jiang Zunze is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy and Innovation Studies and the Global Shanghai Research Center, SIIS. He obtained his Ph.D. in International Political Economy from the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China. He published academic papers in journals such as Quarterly Journal of International Politics and Chinese Journal of European Studies.  His main research interests are comparative political economy, innovation-driven development, China-EU relations, and Shanghai's opening-up policy, etc.