Pioneer in American studies honored

Mei Renyi, a Chinese pioneer in American studies, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Beijing on Friday by the US-China Education Trust and the American Studies Network.

Mei, 81, a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, has influenced a generation of scholars and researchers in international relations and has published dozens of books and papers on English language and American studies.

At the award dinner on Friday evening, the Mei Renyi American studies Essay Competition was also inaugurated.