Leadership The following list is sorted by the initial letters of surnames Yang Guang (Director) Senior Research Fellow, Tsinghua University and President of The Chinese Association of Middle East Studies Jiang Jingkui (Executive Deputy Director) Professor, Vice Chairman of the University Foreign Language Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education and Chairman of the Non Common Language Steering Committee Zhang Jing (Associate Director) Zhao Jinsong (Associate Director) Duan Jiuzhou (Assistant Director) Shi Jing (Assistant Director) Wang Tingyi (Assistant Director) Yang Chongsheng (Assistant Director)