2012  Ph.D.   Public Administration, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
2009  M.A.    Political Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
2007  B.A.     Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

2012- Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Government and Politics of China
Policy Process

Public Policy

Understanding Chinese Governance, Tianjin People's Press, 2019.

Policy Pilot in Chinese Policy Process, Tianjin People's Press, 2013.
Leading Small Groups in Chinese Politics, Tianjin People's Press, 2010.

COVID-19 and China’s Forbidden ‘Cities Within Cities’. Sixth Tone, Mar 13, 2020.
Why the CPC’s Urbanized Cadres Are Turning, Down Rural Postings. Sixth Tone, Dec 09, 2019.
Integrated Fragmentation and the Role of Leading Small Groups in Chinese Politics, The China Journal(SSCI), Volume 82, July 2019.
Why China Is Reactivating Its ‘Work-Unit People’? Sixth Tone, Feb 21, 2019.
Is China’s Grassroots Social Order Project Running Out of Money? Sixth Tone, Jun 1, 2018.

Urban Officials Are Spoiling the Cities They Should Be Improving. Sixth Tone, Apr 23, 2018.

Small, Powerful, Ponderous: The Elite Group Driving China Change. Sixth Tone, March 27, 2016.

The Effect of Media Use on Institutional Trust in China. Problems of Post-Communism(SSCI), 2014, vol. 61, no. 3.

Toward a Native Public Policy Science: Establishing the Oretical Framework First. Chinese Social Sciences Today, December 3, 2012.