Dean of the School of International Relations,Deputy Directorof the InstituteofBelt and Road Studies, Director of the Institute of European Studies, Professor, andDoctoralSupervisor,at Sun Yat-sen University;VicePresidentof theChinaSoutheast Asian StudiesAssociation; Vice President of ASEAN Branch of the Chinese Association of Asia-Pacific Studies.He graduated from theSchoolof History, Zhengzhou University in 1993 and subsequently obtained his master's and doctoral degrees from Sun Yat-sen University. His research areasencompassSoutheast Asian regional studies and Southeast Asian history, with a particular focus on Vietnamese history,Sino-Vietnamese relationship history, China's relations with Southeast Asia, and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. He has hosted and undertakenmajorspecialprojects under the“Neglected Disciplines and Country-Specific History ResearchProjects”approvedNational Social Science Fund, projectsapprovedby the Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of the Ministry of Education, and projectsapprovedby theGuangdong Planning Office ofPhilosophy and Social Sciences. He has published two monographs, edited or co-edited three volumes, collated four ancientbooks, and published over 40 papers in domestic and international journals such asWorld History,Southeast Asian Studies, andSoutheast Asian Affairs.