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侯秉东，加拿大阿尔伯塔大学中国学院荣誉院长、政治学教授。曾在加拿大外交部门任职32年，曾任加拿大外交和国际贸易部东亚局局长等职。长期专注于当代中国研究，重点关注加拿大与中国的贸易、投资和双边关系，以及亚洲安全事务。

Prof. Gordon Houlden is the Director Emeritus of the China Institute, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta.

Professor Houlden joined the Canadian foreign service in 1976, serving in Ottawa and abroad. Twenty-two of his thirty-two years in the Canadian Foreign Service were spent working on Chinese economic, trade and political affairs for the Government of Canada including five postings in China. His last assignment before joining the University of Alberta was as Director General of the East Asian Bureau of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Under Professor Houlden’s leadership, the China Institute focused on contemporary China studies, with an emphasis on Canada’s trade, investment and bilateral relations with the PRC, and Asian security issues. His third co-edited book on the South China Sea was published in the summer of 2021 by Bristol University Press.