Speakers at Tsinghua-PAA Impact Summit 2026

As Representative, Ms. Sande provides leadership and strategic direction of the Country Programme in delivering results for children. 

 

She brings to the role 30 years of experience and expertise in international development, humanitarian coordination, policy analysis, advocacy, resource mobilisation and partnership. 

 

Prior to joining UNICEF, she was the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Eritrea, coordinating 21 agencies in support of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. 

 

Ms. Sande led UNAIDS as Country Director in Beijing, as well as in Uganda, Malawi and Lesotho. Prior to joining the UN she worked in renowned international organisations such as Oxfam and ActionAid International where she served as Deputy Country Representative in post genocide Rwanda; Country Representative in Zambia; Regional Programme Manager for the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the former Caucasus (Geogia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) and in the same function covering the Southern Africa Region. Just prior to joining the United Nations Ms Sande was the Director for Actionaid International's Southern Africa Partnership Programme. 

 

Ms. Sande has served on a number of boards and advisory committees, including the Global Campaign for Microbicides; the African Public Health Network; the Southern Africa AIDS Information Service (SAFAIDS); and the China AIDS Fund for Non Government Organisations (CAFNGO). 

 

Ms. Sande received a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from the United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya. 

 

She is a national of Kenya and the mother of two daughters. 

Professor Chong-En Bai is Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor, Dean of the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University. He is also the Director of both the National Institute for Fiscal Studies of Tsinghua University and the Institute for State-Owned Enterprises of Tsinghua University. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Harvard University. His research areas include Institutional Economics, Economic Growth and Development, Public Economics, Finance, Corporate Governance and Chinese Economy.

 

Professor Bai is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the “14th Five-Year Plan” National Development Planning Expert Committee, the Chinese Economists 50 Forum, the China Finance 40 Forum, and Chinainfo 100. He was a member of the monetary policy committee of the People’s Bank of China from 2015 to 2018.He served as Adjunct Vice-President of Beijing State-Owned Assets Management Co., Ltd. from August 2011 to December 2012. He was a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution from 2006 to 2007.

Ms Charina Chan is currently the Chief People Officer of Temasek Foundation Ltd, where she is responsible for all organisational and talent-related matters at the Foundation. Charina is concurrently Lead, Ecosystem Stewardship at Temasek Trust Ltd.

 

Prior to crossing over to Temasek’s philanthropic ecosystem, Charina was part of Temasek International’s Organisation & People team where she led the Non-executive Talent portfolio. In that role, she was responsible for board governance as well as the management of an extended talent network for Temasek and its portfolio companies. Prior to that, Charina worked for Fullerton Financial Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings.

 

Charina holds an MBA from Imperial College London and a Bachelor of Science degree from the National University of Singapore.

Desmond Kuek has served as Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Trust since January 2023, advancing its stewardship of philanthropic assets for sustainable impact. He chairs Temasek Trust Foundation Advisors and Temasek Shophouse; and sits on the boards of the Philanthropy Asia Alliance, Temasek Trust Asset Management and ABC Impact Holdings.

 

Previously, he was UBS Divisional Vice Chairman of Global Wealth Management, and concurrently Global and Asia Pacific Head of Sustainable Finance, where he led commercial ESG strategy. He also founded and chaired UBS’ Optimus Foundation in Singapore. 

 

As President & Group Chief Executive Officer of SMRT Corporation (2012–2018), a multi-modal public transport company, he steered its system renewal, reformed the rail financing framework with the Singapore Government, and oversaw its award-winning privatisation under Temasek Holdings. He was named Singapore Business Review’s Executive of the Year in 2016. 

 

As Permanent Secretary of Singapore’s Ministry of Environment & Water Resources (2010–2012), he advanced national liveability, environmental sustainability and cross-agency collaboration. 

 

During his Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) career over 28 years, he rose to the highest rank of Lieutenant-General, serving as Chief of Defence Force (2007–2010), Chief of Army (2003–2007), and Director of Joint Intelligence (2000–2003). He led the SAF’s transformation into an integrated, network-enabled force, and conducted major multinational operational and humanitarian deployments. 

 

He has held board and advisory roles across public agencies, business and academia, including Housing & Development Board, International Enterprise Singapore, Jurong Town Corporation, Defence Science & Technology Agency, Civil Service College, ST Engineering, SAP Asia Pacific Japan, Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, and Nanyang Technological University. He founded leadership consultancy Genium & Co in 2018. 

 

He holds an MA in Engineering Science from Oxford, an MPA from Harvard, is an IMD alumnus, and holds the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing. His military education includes the UK Army Staff College, SAFTI Military Institute, and US Army Infantry School where he was awarded the Distinguished Allied Leadership Graduate. 

 

His national honours include Singapore’s Public Administration Medal (Gold) and Meritorious Service Medal. In Thailand, he was conferred Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand and Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant; and has also received prestigious awards from Brunei, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the United States. 

Mr Edmund Koh is a career banker with more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region during which time he garnered a deep understanding of Asian markets and developed a strong track record in leading and building successful businesses in Asia. 

 

A strong advocate of talent development and community involvement; he is always in the front line of providing mentoring to juniors, knowledge sharing and nurturing the next generation of leaders. 

 

Mr Koh is a board/council member of various committees including the MAS Financial Centre Advisory Panel, the Wealth Management Institute, the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research, and the University of Toronto International Leadership Council. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Toronto, Canada.

Professor He Ping graduated from the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University and earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University in 2008. Prior to that, he served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois Chicago from 2004 to 2006, and as an analyst in the Fixed Income Division at Lehman Brothers from 2006 to 2007.

 

Ruoyu Hu is a development finance and infrastructure professional with extensive experience in strategic leadership, sovereign and private sector operations, infrastructure development, and regional cooperation. He has worked across a broad range of development sectors, including urban development, water supply and sanitation, environmental management, climate finance, and regional integration, with particular expertise in aligning country operations with institutional strategy and development priorities. In July 2026, he has been appointed as the Deputy Country Director of ADB Resident Mission in the People’s Republic of China.

 

Jason Knauf is CEO of The Earthshot Prize, the world's most ambitious environmental award driving a decade of action for the planet. Guided by the principle that Urgency + Optimism = Action, Jason leads the Prize to identify, celebrate, and back groundbreaking climate leadership from every corner of the globe. With 20 years' experience in leadership communications across government, finance, and philanthropy, Jason brings strategic insight to mobilising innovators, funders, and communities to solve our planet's greatest challenges. 

Laura Lucas is a climate policy and sustainable finance economist with 19 years of international experience across AIIB, UNDP, the World Bank and PwC. At AIIB, she works on climate policy-based financing, supporting governments across Asia and Africa in designing and implementing policy and institutional reforms that enable climate-resilient infrastructure investment and private capital mobilisation. Her work spans energy transition, nature-based solutions, carbon pricing and public finance. Previously, Laura was a Senior Sustainable Finance Advisor with UNDP Asia-Pacific, where she led high-level policy and financing engagements with ministries of finance and planning, regulators and financial institutions, covering sustainable capital markets, climate-responsive public finance and investment planning. She also authored major development finance diagnostics, policy analysis and reform roadmaps across Asia-Pacific. Earlier, she worked with the World Bank on structural, fiscal and infrastructure-sector reforms and was a Manager at PwC, leading major institutional and financial advisory engagements for infrastructure and public-sector entities in Central Asia. She holds an MSc in Banking and International Finance from Bayes Business School, City, University of London. 

Li Haifeng is a Global Partner at Fosun International and currently serves as the Chairman of the Shanghai Fosun Foundation. With over two decades of leadership experience at Fosun since joining in 2001, he has been instrumental in building the group’s strategic global representative systems and overseeing major foreign-related decision-making and cross-sector project implementations. In his role as Chairman of the Fosun Foundation, Mr Li has dedicated years to deep-tier rural health philanthropy. He personally leads the "Rural Doctors Program," a flagship initiative that has covered 78 counties across 16 Chinese provinces, supporting 25,000 rural doctors and benefiting over 16 million residents.

 

Known for his hands-on approach, he has conducted on-site visits to more than 80% of the project counties to supervise the deployment of innovative medical solutions, including AI village doctor assistants and primary healthcare training.  

 

Beyond Fosun, Mr Li holds several distinguished social leadership roles, including Vice President of the China Charity Federation, Executive Director of the China Glory Society, and Vice President of the Shanghai NGO Network for International Exchanges. He is a frequent bridge for international exchanges among social organisations, coordinating multi-party resources for disaster relief, education support, and poverty alleviation.  

 

Mr Li holds an EMBA from Tsinghua University and a Master of Philosophy from Fudan University. He also serves as a Special Advisor to the Board of Directors of Fosun International and Honorary Chairman of Fosun Trade.

Dr. Liu Qiang  is now the Global Director, Climate and Chief China Representative, Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), steering CIFF’s China strategy and portfolios that support climate transition and sustainable development in China and globally. He has worked on research, programme management and international cooperation on climate change and energy since 2001. He holds a Ph.D. on resource and environment economy and is a Chevening Scholar.

Dr. Manchun Lu joined GHDDI in 2016 and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO). She led the Institute's initial setup and manages administration, finance, HR, legal, IT, communications, and external engagement to support R&D. Dr. Lu brings a diverse background across management, scientific R&D, and NGOs, with previous roles at Abbott Laboratories China, McKinsey & Co., Teach For China, and Affymetrix Inc. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University, a Ph.D. from UW–Madison, an MBA from UCLA Anderson, and completed postdoctoral research at Princeton University. 

Mr. Martin Taylor is WHO Representative to China. He took up his position as WHO Representative in China in July 2023.

 

Previously, Martin was Director of the Division of Health Systems and Services in the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office in Manila. In this role he led the Division’s work on health financing, workforce, primary health care, service delivery, rehabilitation, essential medicines and technologies, health legislation, traditional medicine, maternal and child health and quality of health care including infection prevention control.  

 

Mr. Pierre de Boisséson is an economist in the Social Cohesion unit at the OECD Development Centre. He leads and coordinates the work on the informal economy and oversees the development of harmonised data through the OECD Key Indicators of Informality based on Individuals and their Households (KIIbIH) database. His research focuses on the livelihoods of workers in the informal economy, with particular attention to how major global trends, such as population ageing and climate change, affect them. 

 

Previously, Mr. de Boisséson was part of the OECD Development Centre’s Gender team, where he managed analytical and data-driven projects on discriminatory social institutions at the global and country levels, notably through the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). Before joining the OECD, he worked several years at the World Bank in the United States, Mexico, and several African countries.  

 

A dual French and Colombian national, Mr. de Boisséson holds a Master of Science from ESCP Business School in Paris and a Master of Science from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (MSFS) in Washington, DC. 

A global macro investor for more than 50 years, Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates out of his two-bedroom apartment in NYC and ran it for most of its 50 years, building it into the largest hedge fund in the world under his leadership. He is now in a stage of life in which he wants to pass along and help people learn about principles that have helped him, especially in markets and the economy. He is a long-running New York Times bestselling author of Principles: Life and Work, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order, How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle, and Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises. He graduated with a B.S. in Finance from C.W. Post College in 1971 and received an MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 1973. He has been married to his wife, Barbara, for 49 years and has three grown sons and nine grandchildren. He is an active philanthropist.

Shaun Seow is CEO of the Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA), a Temasek Trust initiative dedicated to catalysing collaborative philanthropy through dynamic multi-sector partnerships. He works closely with members and partners, to accelerate efforts that drive lasting, transformative change, and advance Asia’s role in shaping a more sustainable, inclusive world. In this capacity, he also leads PAA's annual flagship convening platform, Philanthropy Asia Summit.

 

Previously, Shaun held Managing Director positions in Temasek’s Investment Group, Singapore Market, and its Community Stewardship divisions. He joined Temasek in 2017 after helming one of its portfolio companies, Mediacorp Pte Ltd., as its Chief Executive Officer. Earlier in his career, he was a financial editor with The Straits Times and a civil servant in Singapore’s Administrative Service. 

 

Shaun read Economics at Cambridge University and was appointed an Eisenhower Fellow by the Philadelphia-based organisation which engages emerging leaders from around the world.

Dr. Xiansheng Sun is the Chairman of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS) and previously served as the fourth Secretary-General of the International Energy Forum (IEF). He has extensive experience with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), where he played a pivotal role in negotiating and signing numerous collaborative contracts for projects both domestically and internationally. Additionally, Dr. Sun served as President of the CNPC Research Institute of Economics and Technology (ETRI), the corporation’s think tank, until the end of 2015. He was deeply involved in the Chinese energy five-year plan and many other major policies.

Prof. Wong is an academic leader, innovator, and physician-scientist. He assumed the role of Chair Professor and Founding Head of Tsinghua Medicine at Tsinghua University in 2022, now serving as Vice Provost of Tsinghua University and Senior Vice-chancellor of Tsinghua Medicine. 

 

Over the past two decades, Prof Wong has held multiple leadership positions, including Arthur Lim Professor and Medical Director of Singapore National Eye Center, Deputy Group CEO (Research and Education) at SingHealth, Vice-Dean of Duke-NUS Medical School, and Chair of Ophthalmology at NUS and the University of Melbourne. 

 

As a practicing retinal specialist, Prof. Wong has a prolific research portfolio on retinal diseases, ocular imaging, AI, and digital technology, with over 1,700 peer-reviewed papers and more than $100 million in grant funding. 

 

His accolades include the Arnall Patz Medal, Jose Rizal Medal, Friedenwald Award, and Singapore’s President’s Science and Technology Award. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine and an elected fellow of the Royal Society. He has received the 16th Beijing Great Wall Friendship Award in 2024. 

Wu Wei graduated from Tianjin Foreign Studies University and holds an M.A. from Peking University. Previously Deputy Director General of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Youth League Central Committee, he has been Secretary-General of Tanoto Foundation China since 2021. The Foundation runs a Talent Development Program and an early childhood development (ECD) program: it has built over 140 “HOPE” ECD centers in 8 provinces, trained nearly 400 parenting facilitators and served more than 20,000 rural families, published China's first Blue Book on ECD, and launched the ECD Collaborative with other foundations. Its Talent Development Program supports master's programs with Tsinghua University and creative talent training with Jinan University.

Xiao Liming serves as Vice President of Tencent’s Sustainable Social Value (SSV), Secretary-General of the Tencent Charity Foundation. A leader in social innovation, Xiao focuses on leveraging Tencent’s core technological strengths to create tangible social value. 

 

In 2025, upon assuming leadership at the Tencent Charity Foundation, he launched the Sustainable Social Value Collaborative/Corporate Philanthropy Action Network, an initiative designed to foster synergy and innovation within corporate philanthropy. 

 

He is also a key driver and practitioner of Tencent’s efforts to support China’s national rural revitalisation strategy. He pioneered an endogenous approach to rural revitalisation centered on talent development, digital empowerment, and institutional innovation. Under his leadership, Tencent’s “WeCountry” (为村) initiative and related programs have reached tens of millions of farmers in China and around the world, cultivated more than one million rural governance leaders, and helped establish rural entrepreneurship and business-oriented talent as a recognised new profession in China. 

 

Xiao Liming holds a Doctor of Laws (Ph.D. in Law) from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. 

Xu Ming is the Research Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, as well as the Associate Dean of the Institute of Global Health and Development at Peking University. He has rich work experience in global health and the development of the healthcare industry. He was the Head of the Department for Emerging Economies and previously the Senior Policy Advisor for External Relations at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Switzerland. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of China Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products under the Ministry of Commerce of China. Earlier, he served in the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission and the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Korea. When working with the Global Fund, his focus was mainly on the prevention and control of major infectious diseases and health system. 

Yang Biao holds a Ph.D. in ecology and serves as Secretary General of the Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology Foundation (SEE Foundation). He is a member of the Conservation Biology Sub-Committee of the Chinese Zoological Society, the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas in China, the Sichuan Wildlife Conservation Association, and the Sichuan Zoological Society. He also serves as an expert member of the Sichuan Nature Reserve Expert Committee and the Expert Committee of the Sichuan Giant Panda National Park, and is a former member of the Expert Technical Committee of the Fourth National Giant Panda Survey in Sichuan. 

 

His research focuses on the distribution, ecology, and conservation strategies of rare wildlife and plants; field surveys and conservation of giant pandas; conservation and management of protected areas and socioeconomic surveys of surrounding communities; biodiversity responses to climate change; carbon sinks and carbon neutrality; and biodiversity conservation strategies and planning. He has led or contributed to more than 50 funded projects, with total funding exceeding RMB 10 million, and has published over 40 papers in SCI journals, including Science, Science Advances, Current Biology, and Conservation Letters. He is committed to advancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in China and beyond. 

Professor Yang Bin is Vice Chancellor of Tsinghua University Council, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Social Value, and a distinguished faculty member at Tsinghua’s School of Economics and Management (SEM). Holding a Ph.D. from Tsinghua, his research focuses on organisational behavior & Leadership, business ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility, and Higher Education Innovation and Management.

 

A pivotal figure in Chinese higher education, Yang served as Vice President of Tsinghua University (2014–2025), Provost, and held various dean positions. He championed nationwide professional degree reforms and successfully advocated for mandatory ethics courses across Tsinghua. Notably, he contributed to drafting China’s first Academic Degrees Law and co-directed a prestigious executive program alongside Harvard Business School and CEIBS.

 

An award-winning educator, Yang received the Grand Prize in the National Teaching Achievement Award (2022) and the “Person of the Year for Responsibility” title. He teaches acclaimed courses like Critical Thinking and Moral Reasoning and Leadership and Organisational Change, Culture, Ethics and Leadership, Managerial Thinking, and Business History.  He has also provided strategic consulting and training for numerous Fortune 500 companies. He is also a prolific author, writing influential books, while translating numerous global management classics.

 

Furthermore, Yang is instrumental in Tsinghua’s global strategy and international education collaborations. He currently leads several major international initiatives, serving as Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Tsinghua Southeast Asia Foundation, Executive Chairman of the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC), President of the UK-China Humanity Alliance, and Secretary General of the World Peace Forum.

Dr. Hongliang Yang is Manager of Investment Solutions at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). In this role, he oversees the alignment of investment operations with AIIB’s sectoral strategies and thematic priorities to maximise development impact. He also leads the design and deployment of innovative financial solutions and new products to deliver added value to clients across members, including climate-focused policy-based financing. With more than 25 years of experience spanning infrastructure investment and policy research, he brings deep expertise in structuring complex projects and advancing sustainable development outcomes. Before joining AIIB in 2016, he worked at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, focusing on infrastructure and regional development. He holds a PhD. from the University of Cambridge, UK.  

Dr Zhai Yongping is a Senior Advisor in the Strategy Development Department at Tencent, where he focuses on carbon neutrality strategy. He holds a PhD in Energy Economics from Institute of Energy Policy and Economics, Grenoble, France (1989) and a Bachelor's degree in Thermal Engineering from Tsinghua University (1983). Over a distinguished international career spanning nearly three decades in development finance, he served as Chief of the Energy Sector Group and Principal Energy Specialist at the Asian Development Bank for 21 years, and previously worked at the African Development Bank for 7 years. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol). His research interests cover carbon neutrality, energy transition, green finance, clean energy in rural areas, and the green transformation of data centres. 

Ms. Zhang Fan leads charity partnerships and development at the Tencent Charity Foundation, focusing on advancing high-quality philanthropic development through international collaboration and corporate philanthropy innovation. With over 15 years of leadership in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and philanthropy, she has spearheaded numerous impactful global and domestic initiatives across youth development, social innovation, and internet philanthropy platforms. She holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from New York University. 

Lei Zhang founded Envision in 2007 with the mission of “solving challenges for humanity’s sustainable future” and the vision of “creating a new prosperity for civilization.” Envision is building sustainable, inclusive and intelligent new power systems across smart wind, green hydrogen, AI-powered energy systems, AIDC infrastructure, AIoT and green technology investment. 

 

Lei is Founding Member and Chair of the Bloomberg New Economy Climate Technology Coalition and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders. In 2026, he received the Energy Institute’s President’s Award, becoming the first entrepreneur and business leader to receive the honour. 

 

Beyond industry, Lei has made long-term commitments to talent and knowledge for a sustainable future. He led Envision’s partnership with Tsinghua University to establish the Tsinghua University–Envision Sustainability Joint Institute and the Tsinghua University Education Foundation Envision Sustainability Fund, supporting exploration in future energy systems, artificial intelligence and frontier technologies. He also co-founded the Global School of Sustainability at the London School of Economics and Political Science with Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, advancing work across sustainable growth, sustainable finance, global governance, nature and biodiversity, and sustainable societies. 

 

Envision returned to Fortune’s Change the World list in 2026 for Mission Gobi and the Envision Galaxy Campus. 

Wenyin Zhang is a strategy consultant and corporate executive focused on energy transition, net-zero solutions, and ESG, with nearly 20 years of experience across energy, infrastructure, and advanced manufacturing. His career has centered on the decarbonization of energy systems. In nuclear power, he participated in projects involving collaboration among China, the United States, and Europe, as well as the international expansion of China’s nuclear capabilities, gaining global project experience in developing energy infrastructure with stringent safety requirements. In hydrogen, he led strategic planning, cross-border M&A initiatives, and overseas business expansion for a leading hydrogen company, while directing an end-to-end quality transformation spanning product design, operations, and services. In net-zero solutions, he built a carbon-neutral platform from the ground up and validated its business model through China’s first net-zero campus project. Previously, as a consultant at McKinsey, Wenyin participated in and led strategy, organization, operations, and digital transformation projects for large real estate, industrial, and automotive companies. 

Professor Zeng Rong previously held several positions at Tsinghua University, including Director of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronic Technology, Director of the Party Committee's Teacher Affairs Department, Director of the Personnel Department, Director of the Talent Resource Development Office, Director of the Academic Affairs Office, and Director of General Affairs. 

 

He was appointed Vice President in June 2021 and became a member of the Standing Committee of the University Party Committee in January 2022. 

 

In June 2025, he was appointed Executive Vice President. 

 

His main research areas are power devices and key equipment for AC/DC power systems. 

 

He has received numerous awards, including the Second Prize of the National Technological Invention Award, the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, and the Capital Labor Medal. 

 

His responsibilities include finance, internal control, asset management, procurement management, international cooperation and exchange, and matters relating to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. 

Zheng Can Jun is a Director at the One Health Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC). He has a PhD in Epidemiology and Health Statistics. ​

 

His work focuses on surveillance, prevention and control of zoonoses and related studies. Zheng also serves as a part-time member of the Animal Epidemic Prevention Expert Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Vice Chair of the Rabies Committee of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, and Vice Chair of the Brucellosis Branch of the Chinese Association for Endemic Diseases.​

As the Director of the China Country Office (CCO) at the Gates Foundation, Zheng Zhi-Jie (ZJ) leads the CCO team to develop and strengthen partnerships across China’s public, private and nonprofit sectors to advance health and development outcomes in China and around the world. 

 

ZJ’s decades-long commitment to global health and development has led him to leadership positions at top research institutions and universities in China and the U.S. 

 

Before joining the foundation, ZJ was K.C. Wong Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health, School of Public Health and Senior Vice Dean of the university-wide Institute for Global Health and Development at Peking University. In these roles, he worked with a wide range of partners to launch high-impact programs and initiatives to promote cross-disciplinary global collaborations and cultivate next generation leaders in global health and development. 

 

He previously served as Dean of the School of Public Health at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, as Supervisory Medical Officer and Senior Program Director at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health, and as Lead Epidemiologist and Section Chief of the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. 

 

ZJ served in leadership roles with professional organisations including the Chinese Medical Association, Chinese Society of Public Health Physicians, Boao Global Health Forum, and the Chinese Global Health Network, and sits on advisory boards of several national and local entities in China. 

 

He earned his M.D. from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, along with an M.A. in biomedical ethics. He also holds an M.P.H. in health services research and a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.