B.A. Beijing University
M.A. Beijing University
M.A. Princeton University
Ph. D. Princeton University

Professor ZHENG Yongnian is X.Q. Deng Presidential Chair Professor, the Presidential Chair Professor, the Founding Director of the Advanced Institute of The Institute for International Affairs, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

Graduated from Peking University (BA in International Relations, 1981-1985 & MA in Political Science, 1985-1988) and Princeton University (MA & PhD in Political Science, 1990-1995), Professor ZHENG served as the former Director of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (2008-2019), and the former Research Director and Professor of the China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham (2005-2008).

Professor ZHENG is Co-editor of the Series on Contemporary China (World Scientific Publishing) and Editor of China Policy Series (Routledge). He was also the founding editor of China: An International Journal.

His papers have been published in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Political Science Quarterly, Third World Quarterly and China Quarterly.