Dr. CHEN Xiaochen is the Director of International Studies and a researcher with Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY). Graduating from Peking University with Ph. D. in International Relations, he once served as a senior journalist of comments at China Business News (CBN), a leading financial daily in China. He co-founded China Institute for Strategy of CBN, then served as the Director Assistant of China Business Network Institute (CBNI). He was appointed as Acting Deputy Director in Oct. 2014. He joined Chongyang Institute in March 2015, mainly responsible for studies on global governance and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).