Lecturers

⑴ Shanghai International Studies University

Chen Peiqin

Dr. Chen Peiqin, professor of journalism, is the associate director of the Center for International Public Opinion Research at Shanghai International Studies University and associate director of the Shanghai Social Survey Center, SISU Branch.

Dr. Chen received her PhD at the School of Journalism, Fudan University, and was a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar at the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, from 2006 to 2007. She was a media fellow doing research at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, from 2009 to 2010. In 2009, she was honored as a "Pujiang Talent", an award given by Shanghai Municipal Government to scholars who have spent more than one year doing excellent research in foreign countries.

Dr. Chen has been teaching journalism and mass communication for more than 20 years. Her major research areas are international journalism and communication, and her research focus is mainly the sociology of journalism. Her Introduction to Mass Media course for undergraduates is designated as a model course for English media instruction by the Shanghai Educational Bureau. While her Mass Communication Theory course for MA students, is a model course on English media funded by Ministry of Education for international students.

Guo Ke

Dr. Guo Ke is professor and dean of the School of International Journalism, director of the Center for International Global Public Opinion of China at Shanghai International Studies University. He holds a BA degree in English Linguistics and Literature from Zhejiang University and a BA degree in International Journalism from Shanghai International Studies University, a MS degree in Journalism from Kansas State University, USA (under a 1995-1996 Fulbright Grant), and has a PhD in Mass Communication from Fudan University, China.

Over the past 20 years, Dr. Guo's research has covered international communication, global media (particularly the English-language media in a non-English environment), global public opinion, comparative studies, as well as international journalism education models and accreditation. He has published two academic books on international communication, and more than 50 academic papers, in both Chinese and English. He has also organized four international conferences on media, communication and journalism education and has been involved in several national and international research projects on the global media, English-language media in China and international journalism education.

He Rui

He Rui, is an assistant professor at the School of Humanities, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She received her doctoral degree from School of Journalism, Renmin University of China, 2015. She was a visiting scholar at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2014. Her research fields focus on data journalism, public opinion and health communication.

Zhou Haiyan

Zhou Haiyan is an associate professor at the School of Journalism, Fudan University. She is not only a certified UAV pilot, but also a team leader who presides over the the National Social Science Fund Youth Project on drone journalism, and takes charge of some relevant sub-projects of major national projects. Zhou introduced UAV aerial photography into the Master of Journalism Program. Her students' achievements in UAV aerial photography, interactive news, new media investigation have been displayed in exhibitions and won awards in domestic and foreign competitions.

Zhou Jiawen

Zhou Jiawen is an undergraduate tutor for new media and web journalism majors at Shanghai International Studies University. In 2012, she graduated from the International Communications (IC) major of University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China, with an honorary bachelor's degree. In 2013, she graduated from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, with a master's degree with distinction in web journalism. Her research focuses on new media, user interface design and interactive journalism. She has taught courses for undergraduates since 2014, including digital multimedia design and website editing practice. She also works as the deputy editor in chief for SISU's English website. She has provided media convergence training many times for students who participated in international reportage in Hong Kong, the United States, France and the Czech Republic.

Zhuang Siyu

Zhuang Siyu is an undergraduate of the School of International Journalism, Shanghai International Studies University. He is a student researcher at the SISU Research Centre for International Public Opinion on China, technology engineer of the SISU Future Global Media and Intelligent Information Lab. Also, the CTO of Shanghai Zhifo Technology Co., Ltd. He was an engineer at Shanghai Nihe Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd, and a student researcher of E-Learning Lab. at Shanghai Jiaotong University. His interests include reinforcement learning, natural language processing, robot vision. He participated in a project on multi-eye 3-D robot vision and research on predicting interest rates based on economic data. At SISU, he focuses on the application of Natural Language Processing in the fields of Information Monitoring. He participated in the construction of the Platform for Global Multilingual Information Monitoring and Decision Analysis.

⑵ University of International Business and Economics

Zhuang Rui

Professor Zhuang Rui is a full-time member of the academic staff at UIBE (University of International Business and Economics). She graduated from Renmin University of China and received a Doctoral Degree in Economics in 2004. Professor Zhuang was appointed as deputy dean of the Institute of International Economy of UIBE in 2009. She has published more than 50 papers in renowned academic journals and more than 10 books. She has received more than 20 award，one of which was "the 9th Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Research Excellence Award". Her research specialties are international economic co-operation, the economy of Asia-Pacific region, and China's foreign trade and opening-up policy. She currently teaches Introduction of Chinese Economy and Society (for foreigners in English), International Economic Cooperation (for foreigners in English), World Economy (for postgraduates in English and Chinese), and International Economic Integration (for postgraduates in Chinese).

Chen Zhunmin

Professor Chen Zhunmin received his BA in English from Shanghai University of International Studies in 1977 and MA in English in 1983 from University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA), in the United States. In 1991, he spent one year conducting research on management learning and computer simulation at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. He became a full professor in 1994 at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China, and from 1999 he served as the president of UIBE for 10 years. Among Professor Chen's academic publications are research papers and textbooks in English, business management and management learning, and computer simulation software for futures trading. He has also taught courses in these areas.

Shi Xingsong

Professor Shi Xingsong is Chairwoman of the Business English Department of the School of International Studies at the University of International Business and Economics, and the Deputy Secretary General of the Chinese Association of Business English. Her major research fields include Intercultural Business Communication, Business English, Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics. She has published both at home and abroad in leading journals, such as the Modern Language Journal, Journal of Pragmatics, Journal of Language and Intercultural Communication, and the Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. She was awarded the honor of New Century Excellent Talent funded by Chinese Ministry of Education, and her course, Chinese and Western Cultural Differences, has recently been awarded the National Teaching Excellency Award. In addition, she chaired four projects funded by the nation or the Chinese Ministry of Education and participated in several others.

Ding Dou

Dr. Ding Dou is now Professor in School of International Studies at Peking University. He has wide international teaching and research experience, having taught credit term courses at Niigata University in Japan (one year), Kyung Hee University and Catholic University in Korea, and Chinese Culture University in Taiwan, and having studied at the Australia National University, Griffith University in Australia, European Integration Institute in Germany, Uppsala University in Sweden and Tsukuba University in Japan as a distinguished visiting professor or visiting scholar. He also taught credit term courses for undergraduate or postgraduate students from Stanford University, Cambridge University and London School of Economics and Political Science while working in Peking University. His current research and teaching areas range from China Foreign Economic Relations, to International Economics, International Monetary Institutions, and China's Foreign Affairs, etc. He authored the book China-Australia Economic Relations (in English), and The Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation in East Asia, and translated the university textbook International Economics: A Policy Approach (10th Edition). In addition, he has published dozens of Chinese and English articles in the journals such as World Economics and Politics, the International Economy Review, International Politics Studies, Strategy and Management; and published dozens of opinion pieces in Chinese and English newspapers and magazines, such as China Daily, The Global Times, and China Entrepreneurs.

Feng Naixiang

Professor Feng Naixiang earned his MBA degree from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota in the Unites States, and his MA from Tsinghua University. He has been teaching in the School of International Studies at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) for nearly 30 years. He is associate professor of marketing at UIBE. He serves as senior research fellow at the Center for International Business Ethics at UIBE. Currently he is serving as professor of marketing at the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, an United States organization which provides Jesuit university students with premier comprehensive education about China. Prof. Feng has been deeply involved in teaching business courses to foreign students at UIBE, and he has given lectures on Chinese Business and Economics at more than 100 institutions of higher learning in different countries. He has taught in countries as Mexico, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United States. He has also been a consultant for such institutions as TBEA, China Huanqiu Chemical Engineering Corporation, Shengli Oilfield, Agriculture Bank of China, CITIC, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, and Train-Asia Consulting Company. Besides teaching, Prof. Feng has also published several books and articles on business and finance. His translation of The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia won the nomination of the First Media Prize for Chinese Books in 2004. His research field is international marketing and cross cultural management.

Gong Jiong

Dr. Gong Jiong is professor of economics at the University of International Business and Economics, where he teaches and conducts research in areas such as microeconomics, finance, industrial organization, and antitrust and competition policies. Dr. Gong is a prolific researcher and writer with a list of publications in leading international academic journals. He was the executive editor of the Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies (JCEFTS) published in the United Kingdom. He is also a renowned op-ed columnist for several leading English newspapers and media in Asia, including the South China Morning Post, Global Times and CGTN (China Global Television Network), writing extensively on economic and political issues.

Dr. Gong is one of the recognized antitrust authorities in China, serving as an academic affiliate with Global Economics Group, a leading global economics consulting firm based in the United States. He serves as an expert consultant with the Ministry of Commerce's Antitrust Bureau in China, and was the chief architect of the Bureau's national competition database project. He has been regularly hired by the Bureau to help examine numerous merger reviews of high profile multinational merger applications filed with competition authorities in multiple countries, for example, Western Digital acquiring Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Seagate acquiring Samsung's storage businesses and the merger between PCS and Agrium Potash. He also participated in the antitrust filing petition for the merger between Didi and Uber. He played a vital expert witness role in successfully appealing the lawsuit Beijing Rainbow vs. Johnson & Johnson, which was the first anti-monopoly lawsuit in China won by a plaintiff. Since then he has served as an expert witness in abuse of dominance and monopoly agreement lawsuits to successfully defend notable multinational defendants in court, including Panasonic, Hitachi and Sinopec.

Dr. Gong has extensive consulting experiences for renowned international organizations. He works regularly for the World Bank Group to advise countries on competition policies, including Kazakhstan and Namibia. He has advised Caincross Foundation regarding China’s competition policies, and the World Bank regarding China's SOE reform. He is also the principal author for the China section of the policy position paper by the BRICS New World Bank's steering committee during its foundation time.

Prior to joining UIBE in 2009, Dr. Gong had an industrial consulting and research experiences of over 14 years, first as a Research Scientist at Bell Communications Research (Morris-town, New Jersey) for over seven years and later as Senior Adviser of Strategic Assessment at the Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (Louisville, Colorado) for another seven years. He holds two US patents (US patent No. 8,332,902 and US patent No. 8,566,888) in switched broadcast television technologies, one of which has been widely deployed in spectrum allocation algorithms in cable QAM modulation equipment in the US. Dr. Gong played an important contributing role in the National Information Infrastructure (NII) project under US Vice President Al Gore.