Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang is Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading non-governmental think tank ranked among top 100 think tanks in the world and only think tank in China granted with United Nations Special Consultative Status. In addition, he is the former Counselor to China State Council appointed by Chinese premier; Vice Chairman of China Public Relations Association; Director of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation; a Steering Committee Member of Paris Peace Forum (PPF), an Advisory Board Member of Duke Kunshan University and Richard Ivey Business School. 

Dr. Wang was a former official at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (now Ministry of Commerce) responsible for Chinese companies going global. Afterwards he served as Chief Trade Representative for Canadian Quebec Government Office in Hong Kong and Greater China, Managing Director of Asia at SNC-Lavalin, and Vice President at AMEC-AGRA in Canada and then Advisory Board Member of UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Dr. Wang pursued his PhD studies at University of Western Ontario and University of Manchester. He was a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and a Visiting Fellow of Brookings Institute. As a thought leader on global relations, international business, global governance, talent migration, global investment and trade, etc., he has published over 100 English and Chinese works and is the chief editor of China and Globalization book series by Springer Nature.