Zhang Mengying,Ph.D.candidate of the Department of West-Asian and African Studies of the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS),graduated from the University of Alberta,Canada,with a Bachelor of Economics Honors in 2010,and then got a Master’s degree in economics in 2011 from the University of British Columbia,Canada.She used to serve as an editor of Social Sciences in China Press.She single authored a research article entitled “Analysis of the International Media Coverage of the Influence of Chinese Economic Slowdown on African Economy,” and co-authored an article “China’s Role in Peace and Security Cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea Region”.