Biographical note

Hong Zhou, Researcher and Director at Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); CASS academic committeeman and Deputy Director of Division of International Studies of CASS; Chairwoman of Chinese Association for European Studies. Her main research fields focus on European contemporary history and politics, Welfare State and social security, foreign aid etc. Her main Publications include Decomposing Welfare (1998), Foreign Aid and Modern International Relations (chief editor and co-author, 2002), Foreign Social Welfare Systems (chief editor, 2003), The Course of European Civilization (co-author, 2003), China-EU Partnership: Possibilities and Limits (chief editor, 2004), Whither the Welfare State (2006), Foreign Aid in China (chief editor and co-author, 2007; 2nd edition, 2013), European Union as A Power (chief editor, 2008), EU Governance Model (co-author and co-author, 2008), Chinese View of the World (associate editor, 2009), China-Europe Relations:Perceptions, Policies and Prospects (co-editor, 2008), International Comparison of Social Security Systems Series (chief editor, four volumes, 2011), 60 Years of Chinese Foreign Aid (chief editor, 2013), Changing Images of Europe (co-author, 2013), Notes on Foreign Aid (2015), Toward a Society with Protection for All (2015), etc.