Chen Zhihao is from Hami, Xinjiang, member of the secretariat and head of the external liaison group, CISS Youth, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University. He is currently a student at the School of Government, Peking University, majoring in Political Science. His research interests include Chinese politics, state governance, and comparative political economy. He has consecutively received the National Scholarship and the title of Merit Student of Peking University. He has conducted field visits and academic research in Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and other regions. The policy advisory report he co-authored was submitted by Peking University to central authorities and the Beijing municipal government. At CISS Youth, his focus covers great-power competition, the evolution of China-U.S. relations, and global governance of digital technologies.