Zhang Chunyu, Ph.D. assistant researcher of the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). His research fields are marine economy and China-Africa cooperation. He has published books such as China's Strategy on Marine Finance and over ten Chinese and English research papers on China-Africa cooperation and marine economy, respectively. He has participated in research and compiling of several important policy documents including “The State Thirteenth Five-year Plan for Marine Economy”. Zhang Chunyu has been a leading researcher for more than ten key research projects supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former State Oceanic Administration of the People's Republic of China. He has won awards such as China-Africa Joint Exchange Program Research Award (2016) issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.