Huang Ping,Ph.D.in Sociology(LSE,London,1991),Senior Research Fellow(1997-),is Director General,Institute of European Studies,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,Secretary General,China-CEEC Think Tank Network,President,Chinese Association of American Studies,and has been Vice Presidents for the China National Association of International Relations,Chinese Association of World Politics Studies,Chinese Association of European Studies,and China Association for Hong Kong Macao Studies,he is also the CoChair,European Institut Transcultural.

Before he took current positions,Prof.Huang was the Deputy Director General,Institute of Sociology,DirectoGeneral,Institute of American Studies,CASS,and was elected as Vice President,International Social Science Council (ISSC,2005-2008),Vice President,International Institute of Sociology (IIS,2003-2013),Vice Chairman,Management of Social Transformation(MOST,UNESCO,2001-2005).He is in the editonal board in British Journal of Sociology,Current Sociology,Comparative Sociology,Global Social Policy,Sociology of Development,and Journal of Migration,etc.

Huang has published books and papers on development,poverty,migration,modernity.China-US and China-Europe relations.he was a visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins University,Duke University,Oxford,etc.