School structure

The School of Contemporary Chinese Studies was founded in January 2007 with the appointment of Professor Shujie Yao as Head of School.

The University marked its commitment to Chinese Studies in 2000 with the opening of the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies; this commitment deepened with the opening of the University's Ningbo campus in China and has continued with a range of investments including the exciting new development of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies.

The new School of houses the highly regarded China Policy Institute as well as the Nottingham Confucius Institute which was formed in September 2007 and promotes the teaching of Chinese language and culture in the UK.

School Management Structure

Head of School	Professor Shujie Yao
Deputy Head of School	Dr Jackie Sheehan
Director of CPI / Research Director	Professor Steve Tsang
Deputy Director of Research	Dr Stephen Morgan
Director of Teaching	Dr Xiaoling Zhang
PhD Programme Director	Dr Hongyi Lai
Masters Programme Director/ NCI Executive Director	Dr Jian Chen
Director of Undergraduate Programmes	Dr Cong Cao
School Manager	Ms Cathy Askew

School Management Committee

• Prof Shujie Yao
• Prof Steve Tsang
• Dr Jackie Sheehan
• Dr Xiaoling Zhang
• Dr Stephen Morgan
• Dr Hongyi Lai
• Dr Cong Cao
• Dr Jian Chen
• Ms Cathy Askew  

Teaching Committee

• Prof Shujie Yao
• Dr Jackie Sheehan (Deputy Head of School)
• Dr Xiaoling Zhang (Director)
• Dr Cong Cao
• Dr Jian Chen
• Dr Hongyi Lai
• Dr Hong Li
• Dr Dan Luo
• Dr Tyler Rooker
• Dr Qianlan Wu
• Dr Jing Zhang
• Ms Cathy Askew 

Research Committee

• Prof Shujie Yao  
• Prof Steve Tsang (Director)
• Dr Stephen Morgan (Deputy Director)
• Dr Cong Cao
• Dr Hongyi Lai
• Dr Andreas Fulda
• Dr Zhengxu Wang
• Dr Qianlan Wu