Director of the Center for Maritime Strategy Studies and Research Fellow, Institute of Ocean Research, Peking University. His areas of specialization include maritime strategy, international security, Marine Big Data and the South China Sea issues. He has written several books and more than 50 journal articles and book chapters on topics related to China’s maritime strategy and policy. His representative works include “China’s Maritime Power in 2049” (Beijing, China Development Press, 2015); China’s Sea Power in the Post Mahan Era (Beijing, Ocean Press, 2018); and Chinese Maritime Power in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2019).