GU Bin is an associate professor of international law at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU). He used to work with the World Trade Organization, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, and the Chinese Ministry of Finance. Gu has written extensively on the theme of China’s approach towards global economic governance, focusing on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Belt and Road Initiative for the past decade. He has published widely in both English and Chinese, totalling more than 100 articles and 4 monographic books. He has consulted for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the Chinese Ministry of Finance, and the AIIB. Gu has a Ph.D. from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), China, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He was a Fulbright visiting scholar at East Asian Legal Studies (EALS), Harvard University in 2010.