Roger T. Ames is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Hawai’i, Humanities Chair Professor at Peking University and Academic Director of the Berggruen Research Center. His research focuses on Chinese philosophy and culture, and comparative philosophy. Among his numerous publications areThinking Through Confucius(1987) , Thinking from the Han: Self, Truth, and Transcendence in Chinese and Western Culture(1997), andThe Democracy of the Dead: Confucius, Dewey, and the Hope for Democracy in China(1998).

Robert Chard is a fellow of St Anne's College, Associate Professor of Classical Chinese at University of Oxford. His research focuses on cultural history of Confucianism and Confucian ritual studies (禮學). Among his numerous publications is a recent book,Creating Confucian Authority: The Field of Ritual Learning in Early China to 9 CE (Brill, 2021) .

Du Peng is Professor of Demography and Gerontology at Renmin University of China, a Vice President of Renmin University of China and a former President of International Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Asia Oceania Region. His research focuses on Population Aging and Social Gerontology. Among his numerous publications areRetrospect and Prospect: Studies on Chinese Elderly Care (2016), Chinese Population in the New Century: Analysis on the 5th National Demographic Census (c o-editor，2011), andAging Issues and Policies in EU (2000).

Cord Eberspächer is Full Professor at Hunan Normal University in Changsha and Adjunct Professor at the University of Bonn, former director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Duesseldorf (2010-2020). His research focuses on Modern Chinese History, China and globalization, Sino-German relations, military and naval history and the perception of China in the West. His major publications are Prussia-Germany and China, 1942-1911: An annotated edition of source material; Knowledge Exchange and Modernization Processes between Europe and China and Japan; and China’s Imperial Wars.

​Giray Fidan is a translator, sinologist, and professor at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University in Turkey. He has translated and published several works from Chinese. His translation of Sunzi Bingfa (The Art of War) marked the first direct translation from Chinese literature into Turkish. His notable translations and publications include The Analects of Confucius, Lao She’s A Tale of Cat City, and Zhang Wei's Ancient Ship, among others. He was honored with the Young Achievement Award at the 10th Special Book Award of China.

Chair of Chinese studies and Director of Confucius Institutes for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh, Chair Professor in Asian Studies in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh. She has studied and done research at Fudan University in Shanghai (1988-1990), Renmin University of China in Beijing (1995-1996) and the University of Tokyo (1997).Main research fields include: the processes of cultural exchanges between China and other cultures and nations in texts and media, modern literature and drama. Major Publications include: “1907, June 1: Global theatrical spectacle in Tokyo and Shanghai,” “From News to New Knowledge: Early Chinese Newspapers and Global Knowledge Transfer,” “Networks of communication in Early Chinese newspaper”.

Vice-Rector for international affairs at Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest), Professor of Chinese studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies. Main research fields include: Chinese Buddhism, especially the History and philosophy of the Chinese Huayan Buddhist school. Major publications include:Kínai buddhizmus a középkorban - Cs’eng-kuan élete és filozófiája[Chinese Buddhism in the Middle Ages -- Chengguan's Life and Philosophy] (1998), Buddha megjelenése a világban[Buddha’s Manifestation in the World] (2002), A Religious Leader in the Tang: Chengguan’s Biography(2002), Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan Buddhism (2007).

Youyi Huang is Executive Vice President of Translators Association of China, Vice President, China Academy of Translation, former Vice President of the International Federation of Translators, former Deputy Director-General and Editor-in-Chief of China International Publishing Group. His research focuses on Chinese-English translation and international communication. Among his numerous publications are A Chinese-English Dictionary of New Terms and Phrases, and A New Learner’s Chinese-English Dictionary; Selections from Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio 聊齋誌異.

Professor Emeritus of Literature and Theology at University of Glasgow; Distinguished Overseas Professor at Renmin University of China; founder of Literature and Theology . Areas of research: Literature, art and theology. Main Publications: Literature and Theology as a Grammar of Assent ; The Sacred Community: Art, Sacrament, and the People of God ; The Sacred Body: Asceticism in Religion , Literature, Art, and Culture; An Introduction to the Study of Literature and Religion; and others.

President of Sorbonne University Foundation; Professor ofHistory of Modern and Contemporary Arts (heritage) at Sorbonne University and former President of Université Paris-Sorbonne (2012-2018) and the Scientific Council of Paris-Sorbonne (2008-2012). Main research fields include: European arts of the 14th century, particularly of French Romanticism and more specifically of Eugène Delacroix. H Major publications include: Eugène Delacroix : Souvenirs d’un voyage dans le Maroc, etc.

Rector Ca' Foscari University Venice, Professor of Classical Chinese, Religions and Philosophy of China at the Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University Venice (L-OR/21)

Colin Mackerras 马克林 (Officer in the Order of Australia, Fellow of the Academy of the Humanities of Australia) is a specialist on Chinese history, musical theatre and ethnic minorities, as well as Australia-China relations and Western images of ChinaHe has written or edited over 40 books and authored nearly 200 scholarly papers about China.

Professor in Chinese Language, Literature & Culture Studies, School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Research Areas:Modern Chinese literature, Chinese folklore. Main Publications:Complete Poems of Mao Tse-tung and the Literary Analysis (2012); Chinese Sounds and Syllables: A Handbook for Indians(2012); Ho Chi Minh: Prison Diary during his captivity in China(2013).

Okay Bülent is Professor of Linguistics School and dean of Chinese department at Ankara University. His research focuses on Chinese history, Chinese philosophy and Chinese culture. Among his numerous publications areConfuciusandPractical Chinese .

Rodionov Aleksei is Senior Deputy Dean and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St Petersburg State University and literary translator. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Confucius Institute at St. Petersburg University, vice-president of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Association in St. Petersburg, and head of the Chinese Literature Club in Russia.His research focus on modern Chinese literature, Russian–Chinese literary communication and translation studies. Among his numerous publications are Handbook of Chinese Literary History；Lao She and the National Character in Chinese Literature in the 20th Century；The Pace of Chinese Literature Going Global: the Spread of Chinese Contemporary Novels and Prose in Russia After the Disintegration of the Soviet Union；National Image and Promotion of Literature: Some Observations on Recent Russian- Chinese Literary Communication；Images of Russia in Chinese Literary Periodicals at the Beginning of the 1930s: Nationalist Perspective etc.

Head of Sinology as well as Full Professor at the University of Leuven; a member of the Belgium Royal Academy of Sciences. His research interests focus on the history of Sino-European cultural relations during the late Ming and early Qing. Major Publications:Yang Tingyun: Confucian and Christian in Late Ming China; The Fascinating God: A Challenge to Modern Chinese Theology Presented by a Text on the Name of God Written by a 17th Century Chinese Student of Theology; Inculturation: The Gospel and Cultures, Methodology in View of Contact Between Cultures: The China Case in the 17th Century; The Interweaving of Rituals: Funerals in the Cultural Exchange between China and Europe, Chinese Voices in the Rites Controversy: Travelling Books, Community Networks, and Intercultural Arguments; etc.

Chloë Starr is Professor of Asian Christianity and Theology at Yale Divinity School; Adjunct Researcher at Renmin University of China; former lecturer at the faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on Chinese literature and theology. Among her numerous publications areRed-light Novels of the late Qing; Chinese Theology: Text and Context.

Sun Xiangchen is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the School of Philosophy at Fudan University. His research focuses on Western early modern Philosophy, political Philosophy, Jewish and Christian Philosophy, French Philosophy, and comparative Philosophy. Among his numerous publications are Metaphysics in the 17th Century (co-author), Political Philosophy and Sino- Theology (co-author), Facing the Other: a Study on Levinas’ Philosophy and On Family：Individual and Qinqin.

Former Danish Consul General in Shanghai, serving in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission, private enterprises, and Danish educational institutions, former director of Copenhagen Business Confucius Classroom, Niels Brock International. Fields of research include Danish-China trade and investment, outward investment by Chinese companies. Major publications include China in the 1980s, “To Point At the Moon-- (Only to See Your Own Finger),” From a Strong Past to a Dynamic Present. Danes and Danish Companies in the Greater Shanghai Region 1846 to 2008.

Specialist in Western practical philosophy and Marxist philosophy, member of the Latin American Academy of Sciences, foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi), tenured professor at the East China Normal University, and president of New York University in Shanghai. His research focuses on epistemology, practical philosophy and social theory. Among his numerous publications are The Problem of Modernity in the Dialogue between China and the West and Critique and Practice: Essays on Jürgen Haberma Dialectics of Modernization: Habermas and the Chinese Discourse of Modernization.