Dr. Wang is currently Deputy Director of the Center for EU studies and a Professor in the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China. He is also the Director of the China-Europe Academic Network (CEAN), a Senior Research Fellow at the Charhar Institute (adjunct), and Contract Research Fellow at the China Center for Contemporary World Studies in the International Department of the Communist Party of China. He was formerly a Distinguished Professor of Tongji University (2011-2012), a diplomat at the Chinese Mission to the European Union (2008-2011) and professor in the Center for American Studies at Fudan University (2001-2008), Fox Fellow at Yale University (2000-2001), and Visiting Professor at the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies (2005). He has published more than 130 academic articles, 15 books, and 400 commentaries. He holds a B.S. in environmental engineering from the East China University of Science and Technology and a Ph.D. in international relations from Fudan University