Dr. Song Xinning is Senior Research Fellow at the Comparative Regional Integration Studies Programme of the United Nations University (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges. He is also the Director of the National Research Centre for European Studies, Renmin University of China. He is the member of numerous editorial boards and comitees. He has also received Honorary Professorships at the University of Durham, UK, PLA Academy of International Relations and China University of Political Science and Law. Prof. Song has a extensive international experience. He has been a Research Scholar at London School of Economics and Political Science, a Visiting Professor at University of Kent at Canterbury, the University of Durham, and the Free University Brussels (VUB).