Studying China’s Political System and Foreign Relations in the heart of Beijing
Department of International Political Economy
Prof. TAN Youzhi(Director)

 
 

Tan Youzhi

Professor, Director of the Department of International Political Economy

 

Prof. Tan Youzhi chairs the Department of International Political Economy and the Department of Diplomacy at UIBE. He graduated his PhD at Peking University in 2008. Prof. Tan takes a special interest in Cyberspace Governance, Public Diplomacy, Non-traditional Security and International Political Economy. He published a monograph on “The Strategy of the United States Public Diplomacy towards China” and authored numerous articles in international and Chinese academic journals. 

 

Email: tanyouzhi@hotmail.com

 

Courses:

Undergraduate: International Political Economy; Theories of Contemporary International Relations; China’s International Economic Relations;

Postgraduate: Research on International Political Economy.

 

Educational Background

2002-2008: Ph.D., School of International Studies, Peking University

1998-2002: BA, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China

 

Research Interests

Cyberspace Governance

Public Diplomacy

Non-traditional Security

International Political Economy

 

Major Publications

Monographs:

1. “The Strategy of the United States Public Diplomacy towards China”, April 2011

2. ”China's Public Diplomacy Construction Strategy from the Perspective of International Discourse Rights”, China Social Sciences Press, June 2016.

 

Articles:

1. “Crossing the ‘Thucydide trap’: Sino-US competition and cooperation in cyberspace”, Diplomatic Review, No. 5, 2014;

2. “Global Governance of Cyberspace: The International Situation and the Path of China”, World Economics and Politics, No. 12, 2013;

3. "The Construction of National Image in Public Diplomacy——Taking China's National Image Propaganda Film as an Example", Modern International Relations, No. 3, 2012;

4. "Network Diplomacy: A New Weapon of American Public Diplomacy", International Forum, No. 1, 2010.

 

Research projects

National level:

1. "China's Participation in the Global Governance Strategy of Cyberspace in the Big Data Era", 2016 National Social Science Fund General Project

2. "Research on the Construction of China's Public Diplomacy System from the Perspective of International Discourse Rights", 2010 National Social Science Fund Youth Project

Provincial:

1. “Government Weibo “Ping An Beijing” Communication Utility Study”, 2013 Beijing Social Science Federation Youth Social Science Talents Funding Project

School level:

1. “Outstanding Young Scholars Education Program” of the UIBE in 2015

2. “Public Diplomacy Academic Innovation Team” project of the UIBE in 2013

 

Awards

Provincial:

1. In 2016, won the first prize of the 14th Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award

2. In 2013, won the second prize of the 7th Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award of Beijing

3. In 2012, won the second prize of the 12th Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award

4. In 2013, selected the first batch of “Young Talents Plan” of Beijing universities

School level:

1. In 2016, won the second prize of the Director of the Department of Excellent Undergraduate Teaching at the UIBE

2. In 2014, won the “Wang Linsheng Award” from the UIBE

3. In 2012, won the second prize of the Director of the Department of Excellent Undergraduate Teaching at the UIBE

4. In 2011, won the "Excellent Teacher" of the UIBE

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