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Happy Women

Meet Our Staff

Get to know the people behind the China Anthropological Inquiry Conference.

CAIC Organizing Committee

Conference 2025

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Neville Zhang

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Coco Chen

25-26 President & VAF General Chair

VAF Operation Chair

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Alice Zhou

VAF Promotion Chair

Conference 2024

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Muqi Li

Founder/ Executive Director

Head of Academic Committee

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Neville Zhang

Kendra Zhou

Academic Committee Member

Academic Committee Member

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Cindy Huang

Academic Committee Member

CAIC Academic Committee — Academic Tutor

Conference 2024

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Prof. Tang Yong 

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Assistant Prof. Qi Tengfei

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Dr. Wang Jingsi

Ringo Zhao

  • Professor/ Deputy Director, School of Government Management, Department of Sociology, Shenzhen University

  • Executive Director, Master of SocialWork(MSW)Education Center

  • Associate Dean, Institute of Public Welfare and Charity Research

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Shenzhen University

  • Ph.D. in Anthropology, Tsinghua University

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  • Bachelor's degree from Peking University, School of Fine Arts, Double Degree in Chinese Language and Literature

  • PhD in Anthropology, Oxford University

Conference 2025

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Dr. Cheng Gang

Producer & Director  Known for: "China Fights the Pandemic", "Happy Birthday Shenzhen", "100 Years of the Communist Party of China" (Over 100 million views on People's Daily Online);

 

"Flower Street Parade"; "Horse Leads to Success".

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Co-Producer "Wordless" (Shortlisted for the Oscars, Emmy-nominated).

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Dr. Xu Huijing

Chinese Documentary Director

Focus: Humanistic stories of rural change & marginalized lives.

Notable Works:

"Tough Out" (2020) – Best Documentary & Audience's Choice (FIRST)

"The Unending" (2024) – Best Documentary Nominee (FIRST)

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Dr. Zhang Lei

London Film School (MA filmmaking)

​Guangzhou Documentary Research & Exhibition Center: festival Programming & promotion;

Lead Brand developer: "We Documentary"

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Co-Director (2023): "Ye Jianqiang On the Beat"

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Dr. Chen Daishan

Sun Yat-sen University (B.A. Anthropology) | UCL (M.A. Ethnographic Documentary)

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Producer: Award-winning projects at Sheffield DocFest, CNEX, Tokyo Docs.

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Director: Nominated for China Documentary Academy Awards & Macau International Micro Film Festival; works archived by Guangzhou Library.

CAIC Governing Council

Conference 2025

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Emma Zong

VAF Operation Team Member

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Maxine Wang

VAF Promotion Team Member

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Jovy Zhang

Yolanda Ge

VAF Social Media Manager

VAF Operation Team member

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Nicky Cao

Joy Wan

VAF Creative Designer

VAF Promotion Team Member

Conference 2024

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Ringo Zhao

Academic Committee Member

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Christina Zhao

Academic Committee Member

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Michael Wan

Academic Committee Member

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The China Anthropological Inquiry Conference is the China’s first student-run scholarly and professional organization of anthropologists.

Contact US

Email Address: caicofficial2@gmail.com 

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