Danyang ZHAO obtained her BA in School of Foreign Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong University. Under the supervision of Dr Fang Flora GU, Prof. Guijun ZHUANG and Dr Longwei WANG, she is pursuing her PhD degree in the Joint Program Leading to Dual Awards provided by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Xi’an Jiaotong University. Her research interests include interorganizational relationship, strategic alliance and social network embeddedness.