Wang Yizhou is Professor at the School of International Studies and  President of the Institute of Area Studies at Nanjing University. He is  also Professor at Peking University. He was the Chief Editor of World  Economics and Politics from 1998 to 2008 and the Deputy Director of  the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy  of Social Sciences in Beijing between 1998 and 2009. Prof. Wang has  published prolific works of original and translation. His research interests  include the role of China’s diplomacy in the development of global policy,  comparative issues on Western and Chinese IR theories, and trends of  international institutions and laws.