Alexander V. LOMANOV – Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. of Science (History), Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS); Chief Researcher at the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS).
Alka ACHARYA – Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Institute of Chinese Studies, Former Director (New Delhi , India).
Andrey K. KRIVOROTOV – Dr. of Science (Economics), Acting Head of the Innovation Management Department at MGIMO University, member of the Expert Council of the State Council of Russia's Commission on the Northern Sea Route and the Arctic. A leading expert in China's polar policy and Chinese-Scandinavian relations.
Arild MOE – Cand. polit. (Political Science), Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (Lysaker, Norway); member of the Editorial Board of the “ECO” journal (Novosibirsk).
Elena I. SAFRONOVA – Ph.D (Economics), Leading Researcher at the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). Executive editor and compiler of the “China in World and Regional Politics. History and Modernity” annual publication.
Kirill V. BABAYEV – Dr. of Science (Philology), Acting Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS), establisher of the Foundation for Fundamental Linguistic Research, Vice-President of the Russian Society of Orientalists.
Natalya A. ZAMARAEVA – Ph.D. (History), Senior Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Sergey I. LOUNEV – Dr. of Science (History), Professor of the Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations (MGIMO) and the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (HSE), Chief Researcher at the Section for Political and Culturological analysis of the Center for Development and Modernization Studies of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS).
Sergey V. UYANAEV – Ph.D (History), Deputy Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS), Head of the Center “Russia, China and the World” of the ICCA RAS.
Shahida WIZARAT – Dr., Professor, Head of Economics Department, Dean of the College of Economics and Social Development, Institute of Business Management (Karachi, Pakistan), expert on foreign economic policy and international relations of Asian countries.
Valeriy A. KRYUKOV – Academician of the RAS, Dr. of Science (Economics), Professor, Scientific Director of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering (IEIE) within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk), Director of IEIE (2017-2025). One of Russia's leading experts on the economy of the North, Siberia and the Far East.
Vladimir M. MAZYRIN – Dr. of Science (Economics), Head of the Center for the Studies of Vietnam and ASEAN of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) (Moscow), Professor of the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asian and African Countries of the Moscow State University.
Vladimir Ye. PETROVSKY – Dr. of Science (Political Science), Chief Researcher at the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS), Full member of the Academy of Military Sciences (Moscow).
Peiqing GUO (GUO Peiqing) – Professor, the School of International Affairs and Public Administration, Ocean University of China (OUCP) (Qingdao, China). A leading expert on China's Arctic policy.
Yana V. LEKSYUTINA – Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. of Science (Political Science); Professor of the American Studies Department, Saint-Petersburg State University. Deputy Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS), Head of the Center for World Politics and Strategic Analysis of the ICCA RAS.
Yonghui LI (LI Yonghui) – Dr. of Science (Law), Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Head of the Russia’s Foreign Policy Department of the Institute of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS); expert of the Research center of the Belt and Road Initiative (CASS).
