Huiyao Wang

Dr. WANG Huiyao is Director General of Center for China and Globalization and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University. HE is also a Vice Chairman at China Western Returned Scholars Association (which has over 70,000 members returned from overseas), Vice Chairman of China International Economic Cooperation Society at Ministry of Commerce and Vice Chairman at China Talent Research Society of Ministry of Human Resources & Social Security in China. He is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, a Senior Fellow at Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and was a Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution. Dr. Wang had taught at Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Western Ontario and other universities.

Dr. Wang has published over 30 books in Chinese and English and he is well known for his work on Chinese global talents, Chinese returnees, Chinese entrepreneurship, Chinese elites and global talent issues as well as Chinese global development.

His latest English books include Entrepreneurial and Business Elites of China: The Chinese Returnees Who Have Shaped Modern China, and Globalizing China, The Strategy, Influence and Success of Chinese Returnee Entrepreneurs, both books published by Emerald Publishing from United Kingdom.

Dr. Wang's additional professional experience includes working as an official for Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in Beijing, Director of Asia of SNC-Lavalin and Vice President for AMEC-Agra in Montreal Canada and also as a Chief Trade Representative for Canada Quebec Government Office in Hong Kong and China. He had also worked as adviser and consultant to GE, Siemens, Alston, ABB, Westinghouse, and Mitsubishi for their business strategy and development in China.