Name：Zhao Yating
Title: Ph.D.  Assistant Research Fellow
Contact: zhaoyating@cass.org.cn
Resume: Zhao Yating (Female), Assistant Research Fellow of West-Asian and African Studies (IWAAS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). She is a member of the Chinese Society of African Historical Studies.
Born in November 1988 in Xinjiang Province of China, She obtained Master of Law (2013) and Bachelor of law (2011) in School of International Studies, Renmin University of China. Zhao Yating has double Ph.D. From 2013-2017, she got Ph.D. in Law from School of International Studies, Renmin University of China. During her Ph.D., she received scholarship from China Scholarship Council that helped her study in Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. She signed the Joint Ph.D. degree contract and passed the dissertation defense successfully. In June, 2017, she got Ph.D. in Political Science from VUB. Her Ph.D. dissertation focused on the Political Orientation and Its influence of the EU’s ODA to Africa.

Major Field of Research:
-International Relations between African countries with other powers, especially China-Africa relations and EU-Africa Relations;
-African development;
-Development Assistance to Africa;

Major Publications:
Journal Articles
Zhao Yating, Liuqingjian, Analysis of the Changes of EU’s Aid Policy to Africa in New Century, Teaching and Research, Vol. 6, Jun 2015, pp. 95-101.
Zhao Yating, Choosing China’s Strategic Pivot in ‘One Road One Belt’ background: Analysis on Strategic Cooperation between China and Kazakhstan, Social Sciences In Xinjiang, Vol. 6, November 2015, pp.75-80.
Zhao Yating, The Analysis of The Western Democracy’s Failure in Afghanistan, Social Sciences In Xinjiang, Vol. 4, July 2012, pp. 81-86.
Zhao Yating, The Effects and Problems of India Brazil South Africa dialogue forum’s (IBSA) Cooperation, Xinjiang Social Science Tribune, Vol. 4, Aug 2012, pp. 40-45.
Liuqing Jian, Zhao Yating, A Brief Analysis on EU Development Aid and Democratic Political Development in Ghana, International Forum, Vol.2, March 2016, pp.20-26.
Liu Qingjian, Zhaoyating, Analysis of the EU’s Security-Development Nexus Aid Policy in Africa and Agenda 2063, Contemporary International Relations, Vol. 26, No.1, 2016, pp.59-72.

Chapters
Liu Qingjian, Zhao Yating, “The new trend of the relationships between Africa and the US, EU, Japan” in Liu Hongwu (eds.) Annual Report on the Development of Africa (2013-2014), Beijing: China Social Sciences Publishing House, 2014.
Liu Qingjian, Zhao Yating, “Annual Report on Relations between Western countries and Africa (2015-2016)” in Liu Hongwu (eds.) Annual Report on the Development of Africa (2015-2016), Beijing: China Social Sciences Publishing House, 2016.
Zhao Yating, “The UN’s public diplomacy in China” in Pang Zhongying (eds.) Winning the Chinese Hearts and Souls: How Foreign Countries Do Public Diplomacy in China, Bejing: Xinhua Publishing House, 2013.