Meiling Chen is a researcher and academic specializing in the internationalization of higher education, with a particular emphasis on China-Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) relations. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Her research integrates an organizational behavior framework to critically examine international education policies and talent mobility mechanisms.

She also served as a researcher at the Institute of International and Regional Studies and the Institute of Belt and Road Studies, where she authored numerous reports aimed at informing government decision-making on China-LAC relations and international cooperation. These reports were utilized by governmental bodies to guide policy-making and strategic initiatives.

With over ten years of teaching experience at Sun Yat-sen University, she has instructed a comprehensive range of Spanish language and culture courses, from introductory to advanced levels, and has supervised more than 30 undergraduate theses, several of which have garnered recognition for their scholarly rigor. Her pedagogical approach is student-centered and adaptable, consistently earning her high evaluations and accolades for teaching excellence, including awards for pedagogical innovation.

She possesses substantial expertise in program management, having served as the Coordinator of International Programs for Spanish-speaking countries at Sun Yat-sen University. In this capacity, she successfully negotiated and executed cooperation agreements with universities in Spain and LAC, expanded institutional partnerships, and facilitated official academic exchanges. Additionally, she served as a Senior Programme Officer at UNESCO-ICHEI, where she managed country-specific initiatives and advanced educational technology projects.

Her research interests encompass international cooperation, talent mobility, organizational behaviors, lifelong learning, and the intersections of education policy and intercultural exchange. 

教育背景

西班牙马德里自治大学人类科学（地理学、人类学与亚非研究）博士

西班牙马德里自治大学西班牙语研究与实践硕士

广东外语外贸大学西班牙语，高级翻译实务（双专业）学士

岗位职务

中山大学国际翻译学院西班牙语系讲师、西班牙与拉美地区国际交流项目负责人

中山大学区域国别研究院特聘副研究员、“一带一路”研究院副研究员

社会兼职

2022.03-2022.09  联合国教科文组织高等教育创新中心亚太项目顾问

访学经历

2023.08-2024.02  马德里自治大学东亚研究中心访问学者

奖项

2024《高级西班牙语I》被评为中山大学一流本科课程

2020 中山大学青年教师教学竞赛文科组三等奖

文章

Chen, M. L., & Chen, L. (2025). [Argentina’s Digital Transformation in Higher Education: A Global South Approach in the AI Era]. International Journal of Education, 7 (5). 

Chen, M. L., Lin, J. Y., & Liu, Y. Q. (2025). Cooperación Educativa entre China y América Latina y el Caribe: Superando la Brecha Digital en la Era de la Transformación Tecnológica  REDCAEM.

Chen, M. L. (2024). Intercambio de talento en la educación superior entre China y América Latina y el Caribe  El Sol de Cuernavaca.

Chen, M. L. (2023). Yǔ yán, fān chuán yǔ lì shǐ 语言，帆船与历史 [Lenguas, carabelas, e historia]. In G. X. Shi (Ed.), Qīng dài guǎng zhōu hǎi chuáng sì wài xiāo huà 清代广州海幢寺外销画 [Pinturas de exportación de la dinastía Qing del Templo Jày-thàng-tsu] (pp. 135-141). 中华书局Zhonghua Book Company.

Agote, M. d. (2023). Vistas de los santuarios yotros edificios más remarcables que comprehende el gran Pagode o Templo de Cantón nombrado “Jày-thâng-tsú” [Guǎng zhōu míng shā hǎi chuáng sì nèi gè diàn jí qí tā zhòng yào jiàn zhù jǐng guān tú广州名刹海幢寺内各殿及其他重要建筑景观图] (M. L. Chen, Trans.; G. X. Shi, Ed.). 中华书局 Zhonghua Book Company.

Chen, M. L. (2022). Xī bān yá duì zhōng guó yǔ zhōng dōng ōu hé zuò de tài dù 西班牙对中国与中东欧合作的态度[Spain's Attitude towards Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern Europe]. In X. J. Luo & F. H. Ou-Yang (Eds.), “yī dài yī lù” kuàng jià xià zhōng guó —— zhōng dōng ōu guó jiā hé zuò fā zhǎn bào gào: 2019- 2020“一带一路”框架下中国——中东欧国家合作发展报告:2019-2020 [Development Report on Cooperation Between China and Central and Eastern European Countries within the Framework of the "Belt and Road" Initiative: 2019-2020]. 中山大学出版社Sun Yat-sen University Press.

国际会议演讲

Presented the paper “A national level organizational analysis of the internationalization of higher education of China towards Latin America and Caribbean: student mobility” at the 5th CIPSH International Academy on Chinese cultures and Global Humanities, held in Madrid, December 2024.

Invited to speak at the academic conference “New Horizons in Spanish Language Teaching” presenting on “La enseñanza de ELE a sinohablantes: desafíos en la era de la pospandemia”, held at the University of León, Spain, November 2023. 

Presented at the Annual East Asia Research Network Conference on “A National-Level Organizational Analysis of the Internationalization of Higher Education in China towards Latin America and the Caribbean: Student Mobility”, organized by the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, April 2023. 

Invited by UNESCO-ICHEI to moderate the seminar “Los desafíos de la formación docente inicial en América Latina” (Challenges in Initial Teacher Training in Latin America), April 2022.