On 22 April 2016, Professor Zhang Qianhong (张倩红), Vice-President of Zhengzhou University , visited IEAS and hosted a seminar on The Rise of Middle East Studies in China and the Development of It (中国中东研究的兴起与发展). She introduced the latest development of Middle East Studies in China, the geographical framework of the Middle East, the current problems in this area, the issues of Eurocentric prejudice, the role of China in the Arab World and the global role of this vast region. IEAS professors and students had comprehensive and in-depth discussions with Professor Zhang in the seminar.