Center for Asian Studies, the American University
For over twenty years, American University's Center for Asian Studies has coordinated Asian studies activities to promote deeper mutual understanding between Asia and the United States. Its mission is comprised of the following elements: education, research and outreach.
Website: http://www.american.edu/sis/center_for_asian_studies/index.html

Quansheng Zhao
Director, Center for Asian Studies, American University

China Program, the Carter Center
The Chinese government began direct village elections in 1988 to help maintain social and political order in the context of rapid economic reforms. Today, village elections occur in about 650,000 villages across China, reaching 75 percent of the nation's 1.3 billion people.
Website: http://www.cartercenter.org/peace/china_elections/index.html

Yawei Liu
Director, China Program, the Carter Center

Center for Asian Democracy, the University of Louisville
The mission of the Center for Asian Democracy is to promote research and teaching about democracy and the prospects for democratization in Central, South, Southeast and East Asia. Through publications, conferences, workshops, visiting scholars programs, colloquia, and research projects in Asian countries, the Center creates a forum for studying political dynamics in this vital region.
Website: http://louisville.edu/asiandemocracy/

Shiping Hua
Director, Center for Asian Democracy, the University of Louisville

北京大学中国战略研究中心
成立2004年，是以中国大战略、发展战略、对外战略、经济战略、教育战略、国际战略、 文化战略、安全战略等为主要内容的学术研究、培训、交流的机构
Website: http://strategy.pku.edu.cn/

Ye Zicheng
Director, China's Center for Strategic Studies, Peking University

中国人民大学是国内最早开展国际问题和政治学教学研究的大学之一1950年中国人民大 学建校之初就设置了外交系，并下设国际法、外交通史、国际关系与中国外交政策等教研室、 同一时期建立的马列主义基础教研室则注重政治学基础理论和政治学说的教学和科研，并对 苏联东欧国家的政治经济情况展开研究1954年成立的政治学系对校内政治学科和国际问题 的教学研究进行了首次整合，学科建设和人才培养有很大发展
Website: http://sis.ruc.edu.cn/index/index.asp

Zhang Xiaojin
Associate Dean, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China