Name：Li Zhibiao
Title:  Senior Research Fellow and Director of African Studies
Contact: Institute of West-Asian and African Studies,

                 No. 3 Zhang Zizhong Lu, Beijing, China
         Mailing address：P. O. Box 1120, Beijing 100007, China
          Tel：+86-10-64038432；Fax：+86-10-64035718
          Email：lizb@cass.org.cn， lizhibiao@yahoo.com 

Resume:
Li Zhibiao (Male),Senior Research Fellow and Director of African Studies Section of Institute of West-Asian and African Studies (IWAAS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor of CASS Graduate School. Vice President of China Association of African History Studies.
Born in September 1961 in Shanxi Province of China. Getting B.A. degree in history from Shanxi University in Taiyuan in 1984, M.A. degree in history from East China Normal University in Shanghai in 1987, and Ph.D. degree in history from Yunnan University in Kunming in 2010. Being Assistant Research Fellow in IWAAS from 1989 to 1997, Associate Research Fellow from 1997 to 2003 and Senior Research Fellow from 2003 to the present. Studying as a visiting scholar at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the U.S. from March 1990 to May 1991 and Tilburg University in the Netherlands from January to June 1999. Working as a first secretary at Chinese Embassy in Rwanda from July 2007 to May 2008 and Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia from June 2008 to July 2009. Serving as Director and Managing Editor of IWAAS official journal West Asia and Africa from June 1999 to September 2002, and Director of Social and Cultural Studies Section of IWAAS from March 2004 to July 2007 and September 2010 to June 2012.  
 

Major Field of Research:
-African economic and social development
-African international relations
-China-African economic and trade relations
 
Major Publications:
Books:
Li Zhibiao, Guide to the World States: The Democratic Republic of Congo. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2004.
Li Zhibiao, ed., African Economy and Chinese Enterprises. Beijing: Beijing Publishing House, 2001.
 
Book Chapters:
Li Zhibiao, “A Survey of African Political and Social Situations from Economic Perspective”, in Annual Report on Development in Africa (2016-2017), Zhang Hongming ed., Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2017.
Li Zhibiao, “Continuous Decline of Commodity Prices Leads to Differentiated Development in African Economies”, in Annual Report on Development in Africa (2015-2016), Zhang Hongming ed., Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2016.
Li Zhibiao, “African Economy Maintains Solid Growth in the Face of Headwinds”, in Annual Report on Development in Africa (2014-2015), Zhang Hongming ed., Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2015.
Li Zhibiao, “Contemporary Economic and Trade Relations between China and Africa”, in Afro-Chinese Relations: Past, Present and Future, Kwesi Kwass Prah ed., Cape Town: The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, 2007.
Li Zhibiao, “Africa’s Regional Integration: Characteristics and Problems”, in The Development and Modes of Global Integration, Zhang Yunling ed., Beijing: World Affairs Press, 2004.
 
Papers:
-Rethinking on Africa’s Industrialization Strategy and Sino-African Industrialization Cooperation Strategy, West Asia and Africa, No.5, 2016.
-Analysis of Overseas Opinions on Hot Issues Concerning Sino-African Economic and Trade Relations, West Asia and Africa, No.6, 2015.
-A Rethinking on the Great Upsurge in Sino-African Energy Cooperation, West Asia and Africa, No.6, 2014.
-China, Africa and the World Factory. West Asia and Africa, No.3, 2012.
-The Critical Thinking on the Dominant Economic Development Strategies and Policies in Africa in the Post-Structural Adjustment Era. West Asia and Africa, No.8, 2011.
-Review of African Economy Studies in China. West Asia and Africa, No.5, 2011.
-Empirical Analysis and Thought on Chinese Enterprises’ Investment in Africa: A Case Study of Chinese Enterprises in Ethiopia. West Asia and Africa, No.5, 2010.
-The Influence of African Union and China-AU Relationship. West Asia and Africa, No.3, 2010.
-How African States Can Learn from China’s Experiences of Development. West Asia and Africa, No.4, 2007.
-The Poverty Road for a Country Rich in Resources: A Review of DRC’s Economic Strategies & Policies since its Independence. Journal of Shanghai Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), Vol. 34, No. 5, 2005.
-A Study of the Tendencies of African Economic Development. West Asia and Africa, No.4, 2005.
-The Evolution of Political System of the Democratic Republic of Congo. West Asia and Africa, No.5, 2004.
-African Financial Markets Situation and Financial Policy Trends. West Asia and Africa, No.5, 2000.
-Economic Globalization and Africa. West Asia and Africa, No.1, 2000.
-How to Make Direct Investments in Africa for the Chinese Enterprises. West Asia and Africa, No.6, 1999.
-Factors That Restrain the Modernization Process in Africa. West Asia and Africa, No.1, 1998.
-Population, Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa. West Asia and Africa, No.3, 1997.
-An Elementary Analysis of the Stock Markets in Africa. West Asia and Africa, No.3, 1995.