Xu Qinhua

 Prof. Xu Qinhua is Wu Yuzhang Scholar. Vice dean of the National Academy of Development and Strategy, executive dean of the Eurasian Research Institute, and director of the Center for Belt and Road Initiative Research; Professor, doctoral supervisor, International Political Economy and World Economics tutor for gradaute, director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European & Central Asian Studies, and director of the Center for International Energy and Environment Strategy Studies at the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China. Her research focuses on China’s international energy strategy and energy diplomacy, China’s energy development policy, geopolitics, Eurasian regional security, Green BRI, etc. She is standing director of the China National Association for International Studies, standing director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European & Central Asian Studies, CASS, standing commissioner of the Petroleum Economics Professional Committee of the Chinese Petroleum Society, deputy director and secretary general of the China Renewable Energy Industry Association, deputy director of the China Petroleum Enterprise Association, and editor-in-chief of China Energy International Cooperation Report (2009-). She is in the editorial commission of International Petroleum Economics (2014-) and the committee of the World Energy Council (2012-2016). She is senior researcher of the Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (2007-2008), chief expert at the Research Advisory Base of the National Energy Administration (NEA) (2014-), convenor of the Working Group on Think Tanks of the Belt and Road Energy Partnership Cooperation Network of NEA, researcher of Euro-Asian Social Development Research Institute of Development Research Center of the State Council, visiting professor at Xinjiang University and PolyU, and co-secretary-general of the Worldwide Universities Network International Policy Research Network.

She is the author of 18 books and more than 100 academic papers and articles, including International Relations and the Construction of a Global Ecological Civilization, Understanding China’s Vision for Green BRI (Multilingual Edition), Reports of the Evaluation on the Competitiveness of Global Energy Enterprises, Energy Investments Political Risks under the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s Energy Policy from National and International Perspectives: The Energy Revolution and The Belt and Road Initiative (Chinese and English), China International Energy Strategy Studies, China Energy Policy in National and International Perspectives: A Study Fore-and-Aft 18th National Congress, New Geopolitics: Central Asia Energy and China, International Comparative Study on Clean Energy Development in the Low Carbon Era, An Introduction of Energy Diplomacy (Multilingual Edition), China’s Global Energy Strategy: from Energy Strength to Energy Power, etc. As the executive editor, her series National Think Tank Report of NADS, RUC: the Country-Specific Study of the Belt and Road Initiative was awarded the Grand Prize for Outstanding Think Tank Achievements at the 2022 CTTI Awards. She received the inaugural Outstanding Achievement Award for Female Scholars in Area Studies and was selected among the top 1% of highly cited scholars on CNKI in 2024. Her policy advice received a number of replies from central leadership and was adopted by various ministries. She publishes articles in People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, etc. Her article titled “绿色 ‘一带一路’ 是习近平生态文明思想在全球生态治理中的重要实践” was published in the Theory section of the People’s Daily, garnering over 20 million views across all online platforms. She has a personal column in the Theory section of People’s Daily. She is a special commentator of China.com.cn and CGTN. She initiated and planned the China Energy International Cooperation Forum and the “Belt and Road” Green Development Conference. In 2021, she received the Advanced Individual Award for Social Services of Top Think Tanks; in 2023, she received the Advanced Individual Award for Reflecting Public Sentiment and Social Conditions from the Central Committee of the China Democratic League.