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Zhou Jinyan

Assistant Professor

Biography

Zhou Jinyan is an Assistant Research Professor at Shanghai Academy of Global Governance & Area Studies (SAGGAS), Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). Her previous appointments include researcher at Institute of West Asian and African Studies (IWAAS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), program manager at Heinrich Boell Stiftung and political analyst at the European Union Delegation to China. She holds a PhD in international relations from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a M.A. degree of Peace and Security from Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Hamburg University and a bachelor degree in Law from Tongji University (Shanghai).  

Her recent research has focused primarily on the comparison of Chinese and European development cooperation with Africa and African development path. She wrote a book on China-Europe-Africa trilateral cooperation and has published extensively with peer-reviewed journals in Chinese. She has conducted field trip in Angola, Ethiopia and Tanzania and carried out professional travel in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Morocco, Germany and the United States.

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Research Interests

development cooperation, African politics and economy, Sino-African relations

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Publications

1.Book

Zhou Jinyan, China-Europe-Africa Trilateral Cooperation:A Feasibility Study, Social Sciences Academic Press (China), 2020.

2.Journal articles 

Zhou Jinyan, “Autonomy of African Countries' Think Tanks and China-Africa Think Tank Exchanges (in Chinese) ”, Arab World Studies, Vol.4, 2021. 

Zhou Jinyan, “China-UK Cooperation on African Peace and Security”, China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, Vol. 06, No. 01, pp. 103-121, 2020. 

Zhou Jinyan, “Analysis of China’s supply of regional public goods to Africa”, Contemporary World, Vol. 2, 2020. 

Zhou Jinyan, “China’s public goods to Africa (in Chinese)”, Overseas Investment & Export Credits, 2019 Volume 5. 

Zhou Jinyan, “Democratic Developmental State as a path for Africa: Ethiopia’s case, (in Chinese)”, Beijing Cultural Review, 2019 Volume 3. 

Zhou Jinyan, “China model and the new prospect for African industrialization, (in Chinese)”, Beijing Cultural Review, 2019 Volume 1.  

Zhou Jinyan, “Opportunities for trilateral cooperation between China, Germany and Ethiopia in TVET field (in Chinese)”, Deutschland-Studien, 2018 Volume 4. 

Zhou Jinyan, “The rise of new South-South cooperation in the changing international cooperation system: challenge, missions and Chinese solution (in Chinese)”, Area Studies and Global Development, 2018 Volume 5.  

Zhou Jinyan, “Angola under Lourenço and its implications for China-Angola relations (in Chinese)”, World Affairs, 2018 Volume 21. 

Zhou Jinyan, “A review of African Think Tanks’ Understanding of Chinese Solutions in New Era and its implications for the China-African governance experience exchange (in Chinese)”, Social Science Abroad, 2018 Volume 5, pp. 118-126. 

Zhou Jinyan, “New trends of Ethiopian industrialization and its implications for Chinese enterprises (in Chinese)”, World Affairs, 2018 Volume 16, pp.50-52. 

Zhou Jinyan, “Why have almost all efforts to reduce poverty in sub-Saharan Africa failed? (in Chinese)”, China Science Bulletin, 2018, No 63 Volume 7, pp:606–610.  

Zhou Jinyan, “New Dynamics and Trends of German - African Security Cooperation (in Chinese)”, West Asian and African Journal, 2017 Volume 5. 

Zhou Jinyan & Fatima Harrak, “A multi-polar world in the making: opportunities and risks for Africa (in Chinese)”, West Asian and African Journal, 2017 Volume 1. 

Zhou Jinyan, “Trilateral peace and security cooperation between China, United Kingdom and Africa: Prospects and Challenges (in Chinese)”, Global Review, Issue 6 of 2016. 

Zhou Jinyan, “Neither Land Grab nor Friendship Farm: Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Angola,” SAIS-CARI Policy Brief No. 7, March 2015. 

Zhou Jinyan, “China in Angola: not only for oil,Asia and Africa Review (in Chinese)”, Issu5 of 2014. 

Zhou Jinyan, From Hangzhou to Hamburg: Africa at the Center, Chinafrica, VOL.9 August 2017. 

Zhou Jinyan, Performance Platform: China pushes development agenda at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Beijing Review, July 2016.  

Zhou Jinyan, “Innovating assistance for greater investment”, ChinAfrica, Vol.8, March 2016.

3.Chapters and Reports

Zhou Jinyan, “Ethiopia at the crossroad: difficulties and challenges”, in Zhang Hongming(eds), Annual Report on Development in Africa (2017-2018), Social Sciences Academic Press (China).

Zhou Jinyan, “Neither Land Grab nor Friendship Farm: Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Angola,” SAIS-CARI Policy Brief No. 7, March 2015.

Zhou Jinyan& He Wenping, Chinese cooperation in Mozambique and Angola: a focus on agriculture and health, BPC Papers-V.2 N.03, May, 2014. Brics Policy Center.

Zhou Jinyan, “Angola's agricultural development and China's role”, in Liu Haifang (eds), Agricultural International Cooperation in Africa: Opportunities & Challenges for inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development, 2018, Social Sciences Academic Press (China)

4.Newspaper Articles & Online Commentary

Zhou Jinyan, Reflections on Knowledge Production in Africa (in Chinese), Newspaper Chinese Social Sciences Today (CSST) , 21 Jan, 2018. 

Zhou Jinyan, China and the UK in African security: towards convergence? http://www.friendsofeurope.org/security-europe/china-and-the-uk-in-african-security-towards-convergence/  

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