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Wang Yiwei

Wang Yiwei

Professor

wangyiwei@ruc.edu.cn
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Wang Yiwei currently serves as the Jean Monnet Chair Professor, Vice President of Academy of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Director of Institute of International Affairs, and Director of Center for European Studies at Renmin University of China.

Professor Wang is also an expert adviser of the CCPIT Advisory Committee and the Turkish TRT World Forum. He is a council member of China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) and Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) . He obtained a BA in Environment Monitoring from East China University of Science & Technology in 1993, and an MA and Ph.D from Department of International Politics at Fudan University in 1998 and 2001, respectively.

Before his distinguished academic career, Professor Wang served as a diplomat at Chinese Mission to the European Union (2008-2011). Additionally, he held the position of distinguished professor at Tongji University (2011-2013), professor of Center for American Studies at Fudan University (2001-2008), visiting professor of Yonsei University (2005) and Fox Fellow of Yale University (2000-2001).

Research Interest

BRI Studies

European Studies

Public Diplomacy

Chinese Foreign Affairs

Books

His recent books include China's Answer to the Question of the Time: Building a Global Community of Shared Future, An Interconnected World: China and the Belt and Road Initiative, China Connects the World: What Behind the Belt & Road Initiative (translated into 20 languages), New World Press, April. 2017; The Belt & Road Initiative: What China Will Offer the World in Its Rise (translated into 20 languages, book of year in both 2015 and 2016), Haishang: Revelations of European Civilization (both in Chinese and English) and China NATO Studies Series. He delivered keynote speech on BRI at UNESCO headquarters and side event of UN General Assembly. He attended over 1,000 forums and conferences, such as BRI International Cooperation Forum, Munich Security Conference, Shangri-La Dialogue, Valdai Club Forum, Boao Asia Forum, Wilton Park conference, Stockholm China Forum, Berlin Diplomatic Forum and World Government Summit. He is a frequent guest interviewee by the South China Morning Post, Russia Today, CCTV/CGTN, BBC, New York Times and other Medias.

Undergraduate courses (in Chinese)

Chinese Foreign Policy

EU Politics and Economy

Postgraduate courses (in Chinese)

Public Diplomacy studies

Studies for Global Community of Shared Future