An Chunying, Senior Editor of the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Managing associate editor of the journal West Asia and Africa, and Secretary General of Research Society for African Problems and Director of Division of Middle East Studies. Her major fields of study cover African economy, poverty reduction and sustainable development in Africa, and China-Africa relations. Major publications include the following: Study on the Issues of Poverty and Anti-Poverty in Africa (single authored, 2010); Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin on West Asia and Africa (co-edited, 2010), Multi-dimensional Viewpoints of China-Africa Development Cooperation (co-edited, 2012), Study of the Economic Issues in West Asia and Africa (co-edited, 2016), Marxism and the Study of Development Paths of West Asian Countries (co-edited, 2017). She has also published over 40 research articles, and has served as the leading researcher for a number of research projects from the CASS and other ministries. The awards she won include the following: Third Prize of the CASS Award for Excellence in Countermeasure Studies; China-Africa Joint Exchange Program Research Award (2013) issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; CASS Outstanding Academic Journal Award, etc.