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Mr. WANG Sheng is a graduate student supervisor, a specially-appointed professor, and a senior Chinese foreign affairs professional. He is currently President of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCS). A graduate of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand with a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics in English, he has also studied at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Duke University in the United States, and Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

For over 20 years, Mr. Wang’s career has been devoted to foreign affairs and South China Sea research, working for China’s rights and interests in the South China Sea and for the overall stability of that sea, promoting exchange and cooperation with the countries and regions surrounding it. He has helped Hainan to establish 65 sisterhood relationships with regions and cities overseas, including nine with cities in countries surrounding the South China Sea, and contributed to more than 50 international cooperation projects in Hainan. He has immersed himself in a variety of research fields including international relations and regional security strategy, China’s rights and interests in the South China Sea, island development, and the Hainan Free Trade Port.

Author of over one hundred academic papers and a dozen volumes, his publications include the Annual Report on Global Islands, Practical Chinese-English Handbook for Translation, and the book series Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Hainan’s Engagement in the Boao Forum for Asia. In recent years he has also delivered over 40 well-received speeches and presentations for audboth the public and private sectors, including to the Boao Forum for Asia, the China Reform and Development Forum, the Foreign Affairs Offices in Shanghai, Yunnan and Guizhou, and several universities and institutes. More specifically, Mr. Wang has committed to serving and fully leveraging the Boao Forum for Asia, making considerable contributions to the Forum’s inception, development, and subsequent launch.