Dr. Hong Yu from College of Media and International Culture of Zhejiang University was elected Vice Chairman of the Political Economy Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) at its 2019 annual meeting held in Madrid, Spain from July 7^th to 11^th. IAMCR is one of the three major international associations in the field of media and communication research. It was founded in 1958 with the support of UNESCO. The Political Economy Section is the oldest division of the Association. Now Rodrigo Gómez serves as Chairman, and Peter Thompson, Benjamin J. Birkinbine, and Hong Yu as Vice Chairmen. The 2020 Annual Meeting of IAMCR will be hosted by Tsinghua University.