Dr. Mabel Lu MIAO is the Co-founder and Secretary General of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) a leading Chinese non-government think tank and the only think tank in China granted “Special Consultative Status” at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In addition, she is Founder and Secretary General of Global Young Leaders Dialogue (GYLD) program, Deputy Director General of the Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO), a Munich Young Leader 2020 and Co-Chair of T20 Multilateralism Task force. She has been invited to speak at many global forums including Munich Security Conference, Paris Peace Forum, Doha Forum, Athen Democracy Forum, Boao Forum and many more. In 2021, as the representative of Munich Young Leader, she was invited to post questions to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the Munich Security Conference Special Edition 2021. Led by Dr. Miao, GYLD (Global Young Leaders Dialogue) program has aroused wide attention and received positive responses at home and abroad, endorsed by over a dozen heads of state, including President Xi from China.

Dr. Miao holds a Ph.D. degree in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Studies from Beijing Normal University. She was a visiting fellow at New York University and Harvard University, a post-doctoral fellow of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUS), and a Lien Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She is an adjunct Professor of International Relations at University of International Business and Economics and a Research Fellow at Beijing University of Foreign Studies.