Dr. Zhao Shurong is a Professor at School of Public Affairs and Administration of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), and Director of Center for West African Studies of UESTC. She serves as Council Members for Chinese Society of African Historical Studies, the“Belt & Road”African Studies Alliance and Chinese Society for Asian and African Studies (July 2018- ), and Vice President of International Chapter for American Society for Public Administration (July 2017 - June 2019). She works at the frontier between politics and management, using quantitative and qualitative research methods in teaching and research. Her research interests cover comparative studies on governance, public policy and strategic management in the context of globalization. She also serves as the Executive Chairperson and Editor in Chief for International Conference on Public Administration (ICPA) and its annual Proceedings have been collected by ISI Web of Knowledge - ISSHP since 2005. She has published extensively in highly rated journals and her publications have been collected by worldly recognized data bases including EI, IEEE and ISI (CPCI-SSH/S-ISSHP/ISTP).