Dr. Shi Yinhong is a distinguished Professor of International Relations, Chairman of the Academic Committee of the School for International Studies, and Director of the Center on American Studies at Renmin University of China, Beijing. He has also served as a Counsellor to the State Council of the People’s Republic of China since February of 2011. Dr. Yinhong has also served as Professor of International History at Nanjing University, Professor of International Relations at the International Relations Academy, Nanjing, Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Visiting Professor of Modern China Studies at Aichi University at Nagoya. He was also the President of the American Historical Research Association of China from 1996 to 2002. He received his Ph.D. in international history from Nanjing University. He has published eighteen books and more than 630 articles and essays.