About the Editor
Hong ZhouResearcher and Director at Institute of European Studies, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); CASS academic committeeman and Deputy
Director of Division of International Studies of CASS; Chairwoman of Chinese
Association for European Studies. Her main researchfields focus on European
contemporary history and politics, welfare state and social security, foreign aid, etc.
Her main publications includeDecomposing Welfare(1998),Foreign Aid and
Modern International Relations(chief editor and co-author, 2002),Foreign Social
Welfare Systems (chief editor, 2003), The Course of European Civilization
(co-author, 2003),China-EU Partnership: Possibilities and Limits(chief editor,
2004),Whither the Welfare State(2006),Foreign Aid in China(chief editor and
co-author, 2007; 2nd edition, 2013),European Union as A Power(chief editor,
2008),EU Governance Model(co-author and co-author, 2008),Chinese View of the
World(associate editor, 2009),China-Europe Relations: Perceptions, Policies and
Prospects(co-editor, 2008),International Comparison of Social Security Systems
Series(chief editor, four volumes, 2011),60 Years of Chinese Foreign Aid(chief
editor, 2013),Changing Images of Europe(co-author, 2013),Notes on Foreign Aid
(2015), andToward a Society with Protection for All(2015).
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