TANG Lei is currently the Director of the  International Sinology Research Center at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a researcher at the Institute of Political Science at the CASS, and the vice dean of the School of Government Management at the CASS. His main research interests include studies of overseas Sinology, international image and soft power, comparative politics, and political theory research. He has presided over more than ten national social science fund projects, including Contemporary American Views on China and Their Historical Origins , as well as key research initiatives supported by CASS and projects commissioned by central government agencies. His representative works include the Series on International China Studies , among others.