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Professional History

Professional: CV

Research Intern

China Power Project

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington D.C., US

September 2019 - Present

  • Perform primary research, content drafting, data analysis and information updates on Project’s features. Topics include Chinese economics, technology, and defense

  • Conduct research for long-term reports on U.S. policy towards Asia, China’s

  • comprehensive national power, commercial shipping

  • Monitor China news, draft questions for podcasts, curate social media content

Short Time Temporary

Digital Development Practice

World Bank Group, Washington D.C., U.S.

February 2019 - August 2019

  • Performed data mining and management, and quality assurance of information for Digital Government Readiness Assessment (DGRA) Toolkit, an online database  

  • Reviewed DGRA Toolkit’s questionnaire and identified areas for improvement

  • Coordinated with ITS team on developing DGRA Toolkit   

  • Engaged in knowledge management, including uploading materials to the Digital Development Toolkits content management system  

  • Designed a social media campaign for Digital Development Toolkits

Research Assistant

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., U.S.

January 2019 - May 2019

Worked with visiting scholar Felix Boecking on his book of modern Chinese economic and political history

  • Translated and summarize scholarly texts from Chinese to English, materials including the Economic Research Journal, Red Flag, People’s Daily, etc.

  • Conducted offline publication and online database research at the Library of Congress

Political Affairs Intern

Asia and Pacific Division, Department of Political Affairs

United Nations, New York, U.S.

May 2018 - September 2018

  • Contributed to the preparation of background notes for Pacific Islands Forum, Secretary-General’s visit to Japan and China, and the General Assembly

  • ​Conducted independent research on economic and security topics in East Asia

  • Tracked news and assisted writing report about the Jammu and Kashmir area

  • Assisted the the Asia and Pacific Division in visualization data

  • Liaised with other departments of the UN for the Asia and Pacific Division

  • Assisted in organizing the media reporting during the 73rd General Assembly

Reporting Intern of Tourism News
China Central Television (CCTV), Beijing, China

November 2016 - February 2017

  • Conducted three interviews independently and wrote six news report drafts about the tourism policy for television news

  • Assisted in editing text, image, and video for over 30 TV news reports

  • Provided administrative and substantive support to group meetings of 20 members

Reporting Intern of Transportation and Environment

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, China

May 2016 - June 2016

  • Carried out live interviews 10 times independently and wrote 16 news reports

  • Followed current issues, provided stage summaries, and proposed news topics

Reporting Intern of China News for World Service Room

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, China

February 2016 - April 2016

  • Interviewed and wrote two English reports independently

  • Contributed to six overseas and four local reports

  • Assisted in interviewing and drafts writing of online-published news

  • Collected and summarized China-related reports from foreign media everyday

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