Jiao Shixin is a research fellow in the Asia-Pacific Institute of Shanghai Academy of Social Science (SASS), China. His areas of expertise include international institutions, Sino-U.S relation (focusing on the Sino-U.S interactions in the course of China’s integration into International regimes), global governance, and the integration of East Asia and China in world affairs. He published a book entitled “The trade-off of interests: the Role of the United States in China's accession to international mechanisms” (World Affairs Press 2009) as well as several academic articles in leading Chinese journals. He holds a MA in political science from Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, and received his PhD in international politics from Fudan University, Shanghai.