Li Qingxin
Prof. Li Qingxin, who earned a doctorate in history at the Nankai University, is the director of History Institute of Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences, the director of Center for Guangdong Maritime History Studies and the editor of Studies of Maritime History. His research focuses on the Chinese Maritime history, the history of Sino-Foreign relations and the regional history of South China. His recent publications include The Seaside World: Studies on the History of Trade in South China Sea and Sino-Foreign Relations (2010), The Overseas Trade System of Ming Dynasty (2007), Nanhai I and Maritime Silk Road (2010), Maritime Silk Road (in Chinese and in English, 2006) and Guangdong General History (ancient) volume I (1996), volume II (2007). He is currently researching the overseas Chinese and the Vietnam society in the 17th-18th century, the social and economic history of the seaside world (from South China to Vietnam) and Guangdong maritime history.
李庆新，南开大学历史学博士，研究员，广东省社会科学院历史与孙中山研究所所长，广东海洋史研究中心主任，《海洋史研究》主编，中国海外交通史研究会副会长，广东历史学会副会长。主要研究方向为中国海洋史、中外关系史及华南区域史。著作有《濒海之地——南海贸易与中外关系史研究》（2010），《明代海外贸易制度》（2007），Nanhai I and Maritime Silk Road（2010），《海上丝绸之路》（中文版、英文版,2006），《广东通史》（古代卷上、下册，1996、2007）等。目前正在研究17-18世纪华人与越南社会、从华南到越南：濒海地区经济社会史、广东海洋史。
