Li Wengang is Associate Research Fellow and Director of Division of Ethnic and Religious Studies of China-Africa Institute (Institute of West Asian and African Studies) of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).He got his PhD from School of International Relations of Peking University in 2007.His main research interests include Nigerian ethnic/religious issues, social and economic developments, African Islam,and China-Nigeria bilateral relations.He has published several articles on Nigeria in China's leading academic Journals and edited a book titled Liberia (2006).