Jerker Hellström is a founding member and contributor at The Decoding China Project. His work focuses on investment, trade, and security. During 2024, he served as China Fellow with IDEA, the advisory hub that reports to the European Commission president. Having held senior roles at Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Swedish Defence Research Agency, Jerker was Director of the industry-backed Swedish Center for China Studies. A journalist by training, Jerker worked as a Reuters correspondent in Shanghai and Stockholm until 2008.