Without further due, let me introduce our speakers today.

I. H.E. Mushahid Hussain Sayed

H.E. Mushahid Hussain Sayed is currently Chairman of the Pakistan Senate Committee on Defence (He has been elected to the Senate of Pakistan for three terms), founding Chairman of Pakistan-China Institute, a think tank devoted to relations with China and the region, as well as Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly. H.E. Sayed is a journalist, geo-strategist, politician, professor and writer. Currently, he is also the Secretary General of the Centrist Asian-Pacific Democrat International (CAPDI) and Special Rappoteur for International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP).

H.E. Mushahid Hussain previously served in the Federal cabinet as Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture from 1997 to 1999. He was the Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League, one of Pakistan's major political parties.

He holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service from School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, USA. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the Forman Christian College in Lahore. After completion of his graduate studies in the U.S., he became the youngest member of the faculty at the Pakistan Administrative Staff College, the country's premier training institution for civil servants. He then joined the Punjab University as Lecturer on International Relations in the Political Science Department.

H.E Sayed gave guest lectures at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute, Harvard University, MIT, the Middle East Institute, the Stimson Centre, Oxford University and Georgetown University's Centre for Christian-Muslim Understanding. He has published books and his articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Jane's Defence Weekly and Middle East International, as well as The Time of India and The Hindustan Times.

Mushahid was born in Sialkot, Pakistan, in 1952.

II. Dr. Du Yanjun

Dr. Du Yanjun is a Research Professor and the Special Assistant to President CICIR (China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations) based in Beijing. She was born in 1962 in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.

Prof. Du obtained her Bachelor's degree for Russian Language and Literature from the University of International Relations, Beijing, China in 1984. She obtained her Master's degree for International Politics in 1989. She got her PhD in International Politics from the same university in 1994.

Prof. Du has more than 30 years of working experience. Over 1984-1990, she was an Assistant Research Fellow in the Division for Russian Studies in CICIR. From 1990 to 1994, she served as a Program Coordinator for Russian and European studies in the Division for International Exchanges, CICIR. From 1993 to 1994, she became a visiting scholar to the Moscow State University in Russian Federation. In 1994, she returned to China and became an Associate Research Professor at CICIR. In 1996, she was promoted as Deputy Director of the Division for International Exchanges at CICIR. In 1997, she became a visiting scholar in the United States. From 2001 to 2014, she was Director for the Department of International Exchanges at CICIR and became a research professor in 2005. In 2014, she was appointed as Special Assistant to the CICIR President. Prof. Du can speak fluent Russian and English.

III. Dr. Wang Hongmei

Dr. Wang Hongmei is an associate professor and party member of the CPC. She was born in 1977. In 1999, she graduated from Institute Political Science and Law of Jiangxi Normal University. In 2005, she obtained a Master's degree in Ideological and Political Education from Jiangxi Normal University. Since 2003, she has taught at Jiujiang University. During the last ten years, she taught courses such as ideological and moral cultivation and legal basis; introduction to Mao Zedong thought and theory of building socialism with Chinese Characteristics; Chinese modern history. She has published more than 10 papers and won the State-level competitions of multiple awards in teaching, lesson plans and papers. With diligent work and apparent success, she won the 2009's outstanding party member of the CPC and received the title of year 2014 excellent teacher in Jiujiang University. She earned her PhD from Jiangxi Normal University in History in 2010.

IV. Dr. Soeng Reth

Dr. Soeng Reth is currently my advisor. He is also a Research Fellow at Centre for ASEAN Studies, University of Antwerp, Belgium, where he earned his PhD in Economics under the Royal Government of Belgium Scholarship. Dr. Soeng Reth was awarded a Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Flemish Centre for International Policy where he carried out a joint research project with the National Bank of Belgium. His research work has been published in scholarly journals, such as Journal of Asian Economics, International Journal of Manpower and Journal of International Trade Law and Policy. Dr. Soeng has served as a reviewer for several scholarly international journals. Dr. Soeng's research work was accepted for presentations at International Conferences in China, the Philippines, USA, Belgium, Korea and Thailand. He gave lectures in economics at several universities in Cambodia. Dr. Soeng has been a frequent visiting lecturer at Rule/ENA's Master Program—a joint program of Royal University of Law and Economics and Ecole nationale d'administration. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the Royal School of Administration. He was appointed as a jury member for Master thesis defenses at University of Antwerp, Belgium, and has been an examination member for doctoral thesis defenses. Dr. Soeng is currently a member of Editorial Board of Journal of Business and Management.

Dr. Soeng Reth did his undergraduate work at Royal University of Phnom Penh, during which he stayed in Steung Meanchey pagoda with a Buddhist monk. Dr. Soeng Reth was born in 1973 to a poor, rice-farming family in rural Kampeaeng commune, Kirivong district, Takeo province.