Shandongzhaikun@pku.edu.cn
Kun Zhai is Professor at the School of International Studies, Deputy Dean (Presiding) of the Institute of Country and Region Studies, and Director of the Center for Global Connectivity Studies at Peking University. Serves as Adjunct Professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National Academy of Governance). Currently serves as Convener of the Disciplinary Appraisal Group for Country and Region Studies under the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council.
Special Researcher (first batch) at the Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy Research Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Chinese Expert and Eminent Person for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF); Advisory Committee Member on International Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce; Vice President of the China Society for Southeast Asian Studies; Vice President of the Society for Emerging Economies Studies; Senior Advisor to the China-ASEAN Expo. Also serves as Vice Chair of the Belt and Road Initiative Research Branch and the Country and Region Studies Branch of the Chinese Society of Education. Long engaged in think tank work related to national-level discipline construction in Country and Region Studies, regional governance in Southeast Asia, and research on emerging economies and the Global South.
2020 Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China: Research on the Reconstruction of "ASEAN Centrality" under the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Joint Construction of the "Maritime Silk Road" between China and ASEAN (Project No.: 20&ZD145)
2025 Special Project for Discipline Construction at Peking University: "Building an Autonomous Knowledge System for Chinese Regional and Country Studies"
2026 Major Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education: "Theoretical and Methodological Systems of Chinese Country and Region Studies Studies" (Project Approval No. 2026JZDZ053)
1. Editor-in-Chief: Case Studies and Risk Prevention of the Belt and Road Initiative: Political Security, China Ocean Press, 2017
2. Associate Editor: Youth Community with a Shared Future under the Belt and Road Initiative, The Commercial Press, 2018
3. Editor-in-Chief: Report on the Five Connectivity Index of Countries along the Belt and Road (2017), The Commercial Press, 2018
4. Editor-in-Chief: Ideological and Political Education · Selective Compulsory Course 1 · Contemporary International Politics and Economics (PEP Senior High School Textbook), People’s Education Press, 2020
5. Executive Editor-in-Chief: Bowang Tianxia (Vol. 1), World Knowledge Press, 2022
6. Executive Editor-in-Chief: Bowang Tianxia (Vol. 2), World Knowledge Press, 2023
1. Introduction to Area Studies
2. Fundamental Theories and Methods in Area and Country Studies
3. Frontier Topics in Area and Country Studies
4. Political Economy and Diplomacy of Southeast Asia
5. Practice and Theory of China’s International Strategy
6. Guide to Graduate Thesis Writing
1. 2024 Global Report on the Development of Youth Science and Technology Innovation, 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference, Beijing International Forum on Youth Innovation and Development
2. 2025 Global Report on the Development of Youth Science and Technology Innovation: Practical Value and Service Network of New Quality Talents, 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference, Beijing International Forum on Youth Innovation and Development