Li Xinfeng is the Executive President of the China-Africa Institute and the Director-General of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.During his tenure, he has also served as the Senior Research Fellow, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor and Dean of the West Asian and African Department of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Chief Editor of the West Asia and Africa Journal and Journal of China-Africa Studies.He won the distinguished national Award and the Distinguished Research Award by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China several times.Before joining in the academic life, he was a senior journalist of People's Daily who left his foot prints across the African continent and won two Distinguished National News Report Awards of China.He has published over 30 academic journals and scholarly papers and released two books, Following Zheng He's Footprints in Africa (English and Chinese) and Zheng He in Africa.