Zhang Mengying is a PhD candidate of the Department of West Asian and African Studies at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS).She holds a BA in Economics with Honors at the University of Alberta and an MA in Economics at the University of British Columbia.She previously worked as an academic editor at the Social Sciences in China Press of CASS.Her recent publications include journal and periodical papers, i.e.“Middle Eastern Countries' Involvement in the Horn of Africa”“Russia Returns to Africa in Big Strides”“Media's Role in the China-African Relations”and the translations of a report China-Africa People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation (English version) (2018).She also coauthored two think tank reports Friendly Cooperation between China and Kenya (2018), and China-Africa Cooperation in the Peace and Security Issue(2018).