Zha Daojiong

Prof. Zha Daojiong is a professor at the School of International Studies and the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development (ISSCAD), Peking University. His areas of expertise include international political economy and China’s international economic relations. He has published extensively on such topics as energy, cross-boundary water management, development aid and public health, and development. Prof. Zha is a regular participant in Track II dialogues between China and the United States on issues ranging from trade and investment to public health. He also contributes to opinion pieces in newspapers including the South China Morning Post. Before joining the faculty of Peking University, he taught at the University of Macau, International University of Japan, Miyazaki International College and Renmin University of China (2003-2007). He also held visiting research fellowships with the Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School (2023), the Isak Yusof Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (2018), and the Asia Society in New York (2016). Prof. Zha studied at the University of Hawaii and the East-West Center, where he earned a Doctorate in Political Science.