Lou Chunhao is executive director and research professor of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR). He obtained his PhD from CICIR in 2014 majoring in International Relations. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, New Delhi, in 2011. He was deputy director of the Institute of Maritime Studies and prior to that assistant research professor of the Institute of South & Southeast Asia & Oceania Studies at CICIR. His research covers Indian studies, the Sino-Indian Relationship, South Asian regional issues and maritime security. He is the author of Study on Indian Business Houses’ Political Influence (Current Affairs Press, 2016). He is fluent in English.