Timo Koivurova is a research professor and director of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Finland. He is also one of the editors of Arctic Law and Governance: the Role of China and Finland (2017). Sanna Kopra is a postdoctoral researcher in the Arctic Centre at University of Lapland and in the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She is the author of China and Great Power Responsibility for Climate Change (2019).

In the book Chinese Policy and Presence in the Arctic, Koivurova and Kopra (eds.) offer a comprehensive account of China's diplomatic, economic, environmental, scientific and strategic presence in the Arctic region and its influence on the future of the region