Areas of Focus
- Diplomacy Theory
- Chinese Diplomacy
- China-US Relations
Work Experience
- 2017-present: Vice Dean, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
- 2016-2017: Deputy Director, Student Affairs Department, Tsinghua University
- 2016-present: Vice Dean, Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University
- 2009-present: Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Department of International Relations, Tsinghua University
- 2005-2008: Assistant Researcher and Associate Researcher, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
- 2015: Visiting Researcher, Hosei University, Japan
- 2007: Visiting Scholar, University of Massachusetts and East-West Center, USA
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-2005: Ph.D. in Law (International Relations), Fudan University
- 2000-2002: Master's in Law, Fudan University
- 1993-1997: Bachelor's in Political Education, Qufu Normal University
Publications
- The Strategic Motivation Behind China Public Diplomacy, Kejin Zhao, 2015
- China’s Internal Debates on Strategic Choices in the Asia-Pacific Region, Kejin Zhao, 2012
- China’s Rise and Its Discursive Power Strategy, Kejin Zhao, 2016
- Pursuing the Chinese Dream: Institutional Changes of Chinese Diplomacy under President Xi Jinping, Kejin Zhao and Gao Xin, 2015
- Public Diplomacy, Rising Power and China’s Strategy in East Asia, Kejin Zhao, 2015
- Building Strategic Swelling Belt and Consolidating China’s Influence, Kejin Zhao
- A New Generation of Chinese Leadership, Kejin Zhao, 2013
- China's New Diplomacy for International Public Goods, Kejin Zhao, 2017
Awards
- 2015: 'Four Batches' Outstanding Talent, Beijing Municipal Party Committee
- 2012: New Century Excellent Talent Support Program, Ministry of Education
- 2015: Second Prize, Tsinghua University Teaching Achievement Award
- 2014: First Prize, Young Teacher Teaching Excellence Award, Tsinghua University
- 2013: Second Prize, Tsinghua University Excellent Class Advisor Award
- 2015: Excellent Master's Thesis Advisor Award, Tsinghua University
- 2016: Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Advisor Award, Tsinghua University
- 2016: First Prize, Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award
- 2013: First Prize, Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Foreign Liaison Department Paper Award
- 2012: Second Prize, Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award
- 2008: First Prize, Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award
- 2006: First Prize, Shanghai Eighth Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award
- 2006: Fudan University Doctoral Dissertation, Shanghai Excellent Doctoral Dissertation