DA Wei 达巍
Director, Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

DA Wei is the director of the Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR). Prior to current position, he was the director of the president’s office of CICIR, and CICIR’s representative at Washington D.C. Da Wei’s research interests include China-US relations, American foreign policies and security policy, China’s foreign policy. He has published dozens of academic thesis, book chapters.

Da Wei earned his B.A. (Chinese literature) and M.A. (International Relations) degrees from the University of International Relations (UIR) in Beijing, and his Ph.D (International Relations) from CICIR. He was a visiting senior fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States from 2006 to 2007, and a visiting associate at School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University from 2008 to 2009.