JIA Qingguo is Professor and Former Dean of the School of International Studies of Peking University. He is the Director of the Institute of Global Cooperation and Understanding of Peking University. He has also taught in University of Vermont, Cornell University, University of California at San Diego, and University of Sydney. He has conducted research at the Brookings Institution, University of Vienna and Stanford University. He is a Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He has served as Vice President of the China American Studies Association, China Association for International Studies, Chinese Association of Asia-Pacific Studies, and China Japanese Studies Association. He has published extensively on U.S.-China relations, Chinese foreign policy, and cross Taiwan Strait relations.