Zong Huawei, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean at the School of International Studies, and Vice Dean of the Institute of Area Studies, Nanjing University. She holds a PhD in Law in International Relations from Peking University, a Master’s degree in International Affairs (Development Studies) from Sciences Po Paris, and a Bachelor’s degree in French Language and Literature from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

She served as First Secretary at the Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO and a Chief-Section level official at the National Commission of China for UNESCO, with extensive experience in multilateral diplomacy and international organizations.

She has published numerous papers in journals including World Economics and Politics, International Political Studies, Foreign Affairs Review, Human Rights, and French Studies.

She is the author of the academic monograph The Art of Power Enactment: A Study of Discursive Practices at UNESCO, and she has both French-to-Chinese and English-to-Chinese academic translations.

Undergraduate course: Introduction to the United Nations

Postgraduate course: Global Cultural Governance (taught in English)

1. Chair of Thematic Research on Diplomatic Discourse Capacity in the research project Research on Capacity Building for Major-Country Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, a major project funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, led by Professor Wang Yizhou.

2. Participated in the research project A Study of International Organization Curricula in Universities across the World, a humanities and social science research project funded by the Ministry of Education, led by Associate Professor Liu Lianlian.

3. Deputy editor-in-chief of the textbook Area Studies Research Tutorial edited by Professor Wang Yizhou. The textbook has been included in the Programme for the Construction of Original Philosophy and Social Science Textbooks for Universities in the New Era by the Ministry of Education.

Personal Monograph

The Art of Power Enactment: A Study on Discursive Practices at UNESCO, Times Affairs Publishing House, forthcoming in 2026.

Academic Translations

- Bertrand Badie (France). Translated by Zong Huawei. Nous ne sommes plus seuls au monde: un autre regard sur l’ordre international. Shanghai People’s Publishing House, March 2022.

- Zaki Laïdi (France). Translated by Zong Huawei & Li Hua. La norme sans la force: L'énigme de la puissance européenne. Shanghai People’s Publishing House, November 2022.

- UNESCO. Translated by Zong Huawei. Long Walk of Peace: Toward a Culture of Prevention. Nanjing Normal University Press, forthcoming in 2026.

- Bertrand Badie (France). Translated by Zong Huawei. L’art de la paix: Apres l’art de la guerre de Sun Tzu. Shanghai People’s Publishing House, forthcoming in 2026.

 Journal Articles

- Zong Huawei. From Negative Peace to Positive Peace: An Analysis of the UN Culture of Peace. International Political Studies, 2025(6).

- Zong Huawei. The Protection of Cultural Rights in the UN System: A Study from the Perspective of UNESCO. Human Rights, 2025(2).

- Zong Huawei. Aires culturelles: The Evolution and Paradigm of French Area Studies. Etudes Francophones, 2025(2). (Reprinted in full in Cultural Studies, No. 8, 2025, by the Information Center for Social Sciences of Renmin University of China.)

- Zong Huawei, et al. Remembering History, Cherishing Peace, and Creating the Future: Toward the Next 80 Years of Peace, Development and Progress. Asia-Pacific Security and Maritime Affairs, 2025(5).

- Zong Huawei. Present Diplomatic Discourse: A Comparison of China, France and Japan. Nanjing University Journal of Area Studies, 2024(1) (Inaugural Issue).

- Zong Huawei. Politicization of Specialized International Organizations: A Post-structuralist Identity Perspective. World Economics and Politics, 2022(11). (Abstract reprinted in Social Sciences Digest, 2023(3); full text reprinted in International Politics, No. 4, 2023, by the Information Center for Social Sciences of Renmin University of China.)

- Zong Huawei. China and France on the UNESCO Platform: Retrospect and Prospect. French Studies, 2022(2).

- Zong Huawei. The International Practical Theory of Multilateral Diplomacy: A Review of *The International Pecking Order*. Fudan Journal of International Relations, 2023(31).

- Zong Huawei & Xie Zheping. China’s International Role in UN Agencies: Observations and Reflections from Self and Other Perspectives. International Political Studies, 2022(6).

- Liu Tiewa & Zong Huawei. The Civilizational Political Dimension of Multilateralism: A Review of UNESCO’s Intercultural Dialogue Agenda. Foreign Affairs Review, 2022(5).

- Xie Zheping & Zong Huawei. From Away Game to Home Game: Changes in China’s Practice in UNESCO. Foreign Affairs Review, 2021(2).

Others:

- Tiewa LIU, Huawei ZONG. “Chapter 17. China in Global Cultural Governance: Crafting a Culture of Dialogue and Cooperation through UNESCO”, in Maximilian Mayer et al., eds., Routledge Handbook on Global China, London: Routledge, 2024.

- ZONG Huawei. China’s approach to multilateralism through the case of UNESCO. China Daily，October 2, 2019.

- Ph.D. dissertation “A Study of Discursive Power Enactment in the Field of UNESCO” was awarded Excellent Ph.D. Dissertation of Peking University, 2023.

- “The Politicization Paradox of ‘Negative’ World Heritage: A Post-structuralist Interpretation” won the Second Prize in the essay contest of the 14th National Doctoral Academic Forum on International Relations and International Politics, 2021.