As an executive director, Dr Yu is currently in charge of the National Center for Oceania Studies attached to the university. He obtained a doctorate in World History at Xiamen University in 1992. He teaches Australian foreign policy and international strategy at the Department of International Relations. From 1998 to 1999, he was a visiting scholar at Griffith University and at the Australian National University. He is the co-editor in chief of the annual Blue Book of Oceania, which is the standard reference work for Chinese policymakers. His English publications include â€œAustralia-China Economic Relations: a General Reviewâ€ in Australia China at Forty (University of Sydney Press, 2012) and â€œThe Dilemma of Interdependence, Current Features and Trends in Sino-Australian Relationsâ€ in the Australian Journal of International Affairs.