Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

Zheng Yongnian is professor and director of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He is editor of Series on Contemporary China (World Scientific Publishing), China Policy Series (Routledge), and China: An International Journal and East Asian Policy.  He has studied both China’s transformation and its external relations. His papers have appeared in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Political Science Quarterly, Third World Quarterly and China Quarterly. He is the author of numerous books, including The Chinese Communist Party as Organizational Emperor, Technological Empowerment, De Facto Federalism in China, Discovering Chinese Nationalism in China and Globalization and State Transformation in China, and co-editor of dozens of books on China’s domestic development and international relations including the latest volumes China Entering The Xi Jinping Era (2015) and China’s Great Urbanization (2010). Besides his research work, professor Zheng has also been an academic activist. He served as a consultant to United Nation Development Programme on China’s rural development and democracy. In addition, he has been a columnist for Xinbao (Hong Kong) and Zaobao (Singapore) for many years, writing numerous commentaries on China’s domestic and international affairs. Professor Zheng received his BA and MA degrees from Beijing University, and his PhD at Princeton University. He was professor and Founding Research Director of the China Policy Institute, the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (2005-2008).