East Asia Nonproliferation Program (EANP)

Dedicated to research and training on East Asian nonproliferation issues.
Updated: Sep 10, 2010

EANP Visiting Fellows Program

Jump to EANP Visiting Fellows Program Alumni


Xu Wenlei (Left) and Qu Guangzhou (Right) deliver their final presentations, May 2005.

Since 1996, the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies has been bringing leading East Asian experts and government officials to receive training and conduct research on nonproliferation issues in Monterey. This Visiting Fellows program combines research, training, dialogue, capacity-building, and networking opportunities that the fellows carry back to their home institutions. The centerpiece of the program is a specially-designed 10-12 week lecture series presented by CNS senior staff members.

The lecture series covers both the technical and policy aspects of arms control and nonproliferation and include exercises on research techniques, writing, and policy analysis. Lecture topics include an introduction to nuclear technology, verification technologies, material protection and accountancy, export controls, regional threats, terrorism, and missile proliferation issues. Many visiting fellows also attend graduate-level nonproliferation-related courses at the Monterey Institute, including a course on arms control negotiation taught by CNS Director William Potter, as well as the numerous lectures, brown-bag seminars, and weekend workshops on nonproliferation that are regularly held at CNS. Visiting fellows work with designated mentors at CNS to prepare and complete a substantive research project on a nonproliferation topic. The fellows draw from the material and intellectual resources at CNS to complete their project, including a presentation of their research before CNS colleagues in the final weeks of their program.


Li Genxin (Spring 2000) delivers his final presentation.
CNS has enjoyed an especially close relationship with the Department of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Since 1999, CNS has hosted 22 visiting fellows from China's MFA. Overall, CNS has brought over 40 visiting fellows from China to Monterey over the past 10 years, representing the Chinese ministries of Foreign Affairs, Commerce, and National Defense; China's Customs Administration; and numerous Chinese research institutes and universities, such as the Institute for International Strategic Studies, the Institute for International Studies at Tsinghua University, the China Defense Science and Technology Information Center, Fudan University, National Defense University, the Academy of Military Sciences, the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, and the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.



Dr. Yan Xuetong (Fall 1998), Director, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University.

Professor Liu Huaqiu (Summer 1999), Director, Program on Arms Control and Disarmament, China Defense Science and Technology Information Center

Beginning in fall 2004, CNS established a new Visiting Fellows Program focusing exclusively on export control issues. The inaugural group consisted of four Chinese government officials, with the second group expected in the summer of 2005.

EANP Visiting Fellows Alumni

Dai Huaicheng
Spring 2008
Deputy Director, Second Division, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Lu Xin
Spring 2008
Attach, Forth Division, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Wu Jianjian
Fall 2007
Third Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Huang Wenwen
Fall 2007
Staff Member, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Zhang Shaoping
Summer 2007
Policy Officer, Division of Arms Export Management, Department of International Cooperation, Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND)

Li Xiaokun
Summer 2007
Deputy Director, Division of Legal Affairs, Tianjin Customs

Liu Xiaoming
Summer 2007
Assistant Research Fellow & Deputy Director of the Secretariat, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA)

Zhang Jiadong
Summer 2007
Associate Professor and Assistant Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University

Wang Qian
Spring 2007
Desk Officer, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Huang Wenwen
Spring 2007
Desk Officer, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Cui Wei
Fall 2006
Attach, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Zuo Rui
Fall 2006
Attach, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Wu Qian
Summer 2006,
Official, Department of Mechanic, Electronic and Hi-Tech Industry, Ministry of Commcerce

Feng Wei
Summer 2006
Official (Arms Control and International Cooperation), Ministry of Defense

Kong Yue
Summer 2006
Customs Officer, Department of Policy And Legal Affairs, General Administration of China Customs

Tao Li
Summer 2006
Customs Officer, Division of Legal Affairs, Shanghai Customs District

Gao Huijun
Spring 2006
Attach, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Yue Ping
Spring 2006
Attach, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Wang Chang
Fall 2005
Third Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament

Tian Jingmei
Summer 2005
Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China

Shu Dong
Summer 2005
Associate Professor, Health Department, General Logistics Department, Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)

Nie Jianjun
Summer 2005
Deputy Director, Supervision and Management Division, National CWC Implementation Office

Shi Wenlai
Summer 2005
Division Chief, Department of Policy and Legal Affairs, General Administration of Customs

Xu Wenlei
Spring 2005
Deputy Division Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Establishing Sino-US Strategic Dialogue on Nonproliferation

Qu Guangzhou
Spring 2005
Third Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Iran Nuclear Issue and Its Implications for the NPT

Moon Il-Hun
Summer 2004-2005
Department Director, Office of North-South Dialogue, Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea
Research Topic: North Korean Negotiation Tactics

Zong Jiahu
Fall 2004
Colonel, Staff Officer, Bureau of Arms Control and Military Assistance, Foreign Affairs Department, Ministry of National Defense, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Challenges to International Export Controls

Wu Genping
Fall 2004
Deputy Director, Division of Trade Control, Department of Policy and Legal Affairs, General Administration of Customs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Role of China Customs in Meeting Future Export Control Challenges

Zhu Qiangguo
Fall 2004
Research Fellow, Ministry of National Defense, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Linkage Between U.S. National Security and Export Control Policy

Ji Xuecui
Fall 2004
Senior Official, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Commerce,
People's Republic of China
Research Topic: U.S. Export Control System

Yang Guanda
Fall 2004
Third Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Nonweaponization of Outer Space

Song Danhui
Fall 2004
Attaché, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: US-China Lab-to-Lab Cooperation

Yu Bianjiang
Spring 2004
Attaché, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: China and the Australia Group

Wang Lei
Spring 2004
Third Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic:

Yin Haigang
Fall 2003
Third Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: China and Missile Nonproliferation

Zhang Ze
Fall 2003
Attaché, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Regulating the Arms Trade

Mitsuru Kurosawa
Fall 2003- Spring 2004
Professor, Osaka University, Japan
Research Topic: Japan's Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Policy

Xu Bin
Summer 2003
Major, Foreign Affairs Office, People's Liberation Army, National Defense University, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Counter Proliferation

Wang Ni
Fall 2002
Deputy Division Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: U.S. Nonproliferation Policy towards China

Yang Zhaohui
Fall 2002
Second Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

Fan Jishe
Fall 2002
Senior Research Associate, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Chinese Perspectives on the Congressional Role in US Arms Control Policy

Atsushi Hashizume
Fall 2002- Spring 2003
ACLS Fellow, Atomic Energy Division, Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
Research Topic: U.S.-Japan Nuclear Nonproliferation Policies

Nie Songlai
Summer 2002
Colonel, Academy of Military Science, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Stability in U.S.-Sino Relations

Zhang Shen
Spring 2002
Division Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: The Politics of US Nonproliferation Sanctions On China

Li Genxin
Spring 2002
Division Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: China's Security Strategy

Bi Haibo
Fall 2001
Attaché, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention

Li Yang
Fall 2001
Deputy Division Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: U.S. Nuclear Doctrine

Li Bin
Summer 2001
Director, Arms Control Program, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Nuclear Transparency in China

Li Song
Spring 2001
Deputy Division Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Missile Defense and Space Weaponization

Jiang Yingfeng
Spring 2001
Attaché, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Unilateral Nuclear Arms Control

Gu Guoliang
Fall 2000
Deputy Director, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Clinton Administration's Approach to North Korea's WMD Programs

Wang Xiaolin
Fall 2000
Deputy Division Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: National Missile Defense

Lou Danzhu
Fall 2000
Attaché, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: U.S. Nonproliferation Export Controls towards China

Ouyang Liping
Summer 2000
Research Fellow, Arms Control Group, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), People's Republic of China

Hu Fan
Summer 2000
Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: China's National Defense Policy and Military Modernization

Ma Chunyan
Spring 2000
Associate Research Fellow, China Defense Science and Technology Information Center, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Nuclear Submarines

Zhang Xiaohong
Spring 2000
Attaché, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: U.S. Nonproliferation Sanctions Against China

Zhang Hongbin
Spring 2000
Third Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: National Missile Defense

Sun Lei
Fall 1999
Third Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Managing Ballistic Missile Proliferation

Shi Zhongjun
Fall 1999
Division Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: U.S.-Russian Nuclear Disarmament

Han Yong-sup
Summer 1999
Professor, National Defense University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Research Topic: North Korean Behavior in Nuclear Negotiation

Yuan I
Summer 1999, Summer 2004
Professor, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

Liu Huaqiu
Summer 1999
Senior Fellow, Program on Arms Control and Disarmament, China Defense Science and
Technology Information Center, People's Republic of China

Xia Liping
Spring 1999
Colonel, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Department of American Studies, Shanghai Institute for International Studies, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Fu Zhigang
Spring 1999
Deputy Division Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Verification Protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

Xiao Gang
Spring 1999
Attaché, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Decision Making in Taiwan's nuclear program

Yan Xuetong
Fall 1998
Director, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Theater Missile Defense and Northeast Asian Security

Ding Shuhfan (Arthur)
Summer 1998-Spring 1999
Director of Research Division III, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hu Yumin
Spring 1998
Sr. Colonel, Senior Fellow, China Institute for International Strategic Studies, People's Republic of China

Hua Hongxun
Fall 1997
Associate Research Professor, Institute for Astronautics Information, China Aerospace Corporation, People's Republic of China
Research Topic: Taiwan Missile Crisis

Deng Hongmei
Spring 1997
Associate Professor, Center for Analysis and Measurement, Fudan University, People's Republic of China

Zhu Mingquan
Fall 1996
Professor and Deputy Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University, People's Republic of China


Return to EANP Training.

Return to Top