Participant Biographies

Wang Junsheng

Wang Junsheng

Director, Director and Professor, Department of China’s Regional Strategy, National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Concurrent Session 3-2 - "Flashpoints in Asia: Taiwan Strait and South China Sea"

Prof. Wang Junsheng is the Director and professor of the Department of China’s Regional Strategy, National Institute of International Strategy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. His research interests include China’s diplomacy, Northeast Asia security, and Korean Peninsula security. Prof. Wang has been invited to speak at international conferences in the U.S., South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Myanmar, and Indonesia. He was a senior visiting scholar at the Atlantic Council in the USA (2017-2018), the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in South Korea (2016), the Institute for Unification Education in South Korea (2014), Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Hawaii (2012), and School of International Services, American University in Washington D.C. (2007-2008). Prof. Wang provides regular commentary for major media outlets, including Xinhua News Agency, China Daily, Global Times, Phoenix TV, China Central Television and so on. He has also published several books and many journal articles. Prof. Wang received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in International Affairs from the School of International Studies at Renmin (People’s) University in China.