Zhu Guichang is a professor at Department of International Politics and a research fellow at the Center for European Studies at Shandong University, where he earned his Ph.D. in international politics in 2003. His primary research interests lie in European integration and European politics, Chinese politics and foreign policy. He was a visiting scholar at the Center for International Studies at the University of Cambridge, Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies at the University of Catania, Institute for European Studies at the University of Bath, European Studies Center at University of Pittsburgh, the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University, Institute for Area Studies at Leiden University.