Yuan Peng is the President, research fellow and PhD supervisor at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), enjoying subsidy for special contributions granted by the State Council. Previously, he was the director of Institute of American Studies at CICIR. Dr. Yuan Peng has a rich background in both American issues, China-U. S. Relations, Asian-Pacifi c security and Taiwan. He is also the standing council member of Chinese Association of American Studies and National Society of Taiwan Studies, and the member of academic committee at Guangming Thinktank. He was once the visiting scholar at both Brookings Institution and the Atlantic Council.He is the editor of several books such as American Think Tanks and Their Attitudes toward China, China and the U.S. Accommodating in the Asia Pacifi c: China, America and the Third Parties, etc.