Wang Huiyao Explained

Wang Huiyao
Birth Date:2 July 1958
Birth Place:Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Nationality:Chinese
Citizenship:China
Education:Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
University of Western Ontario
University of Manchester
Known For:Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization
Party:Jiusan Society

Wang Huiyao (; born July 2, 1958), also known as Henry Wang, is the founder and president of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a think tank in China.[1] Wang plays multiple policy advisory roles in China,[2] as a counselor for the State Council appointed by Premier Li Keqiang in 2015,[3] and honorable vice chairman of China Association for International Economic Cooperation (CAIEC) under the Ministry of Commerce.[4]

Early life

Wang Huiyao became one of those who were enrolled in college after the entrance examination system was re-instituted in 1977.[5] After graduating from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, he worked as an official in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation a couple of years (now Ministry of Commerce). Then, he went on to study abroad and received an MBA from the University of Windsor in Ontario Canada.[6] Afterwards, he obtained his PhD degrees at the University of Western Ontario and University of Manchester.[7] Meanwhile, he worked a number of years in Canada's business sector, including serving as Chief Trade Representative for Quebec Government Office in Hong Kong and Greater China. His senior corporate positions include Director of Asia at SNC-Lavalin and Vice President for AMEC-Agra in Canada.[8]

Wang was also a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and a visiting fellow at Brookings, the experience which most of his "articles and books about U.S. think tanks largely based on",[9] as well as a senior fellow at Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.[10]  Besides, Wang was an adjunct professor at the Guanghua Management School of Peking University and Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.[11]

Career

Wang has held a number of positions in international organizations and educational institutions. He is steering committee member of the Paris Peace Forum,[12] and a member of the Migration Advisory Board of International Organization of Migration (IOM) of United Nations.[13] He is also the Dean of Institute of Development Studies of China Southwestern University of Finance and Economics[14] and a member of the Duke Kunshan University Advisory Council.[15]

Wang frequently participates in the discussion and debates about global issues like China and globalization, global governance, international trade and investment, global migration and talent, as well as think tank development, such as Munich Security Conference,[16] Munk Debates,[17] Paris Peace Forum,[18] and Athens Democracy Forum.[19] Wang, an advocate for "Track II" diplomacy between China-foreign academic exchange,[20] has joined and held multiple dialogues between Chinese and US think tanks and research institutes, including CSIS,[21] the Hudson Institute,[22] and Brookings Institution.[23] He has also been interviewed by The New York Times,[24] CNN,[25] and BBC News[26] for the perspectives on trade and globalization issues as well as China policies.

Wang is a central committee member of the Jiusan Society, one of the country's eight legally-permitted minor political parties subservient to the Chinese Communist Party.[27] [28] Wang has also served as a director of the China Overseas Friendship Association, an external name for the Ninth Bureau of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[29] [30] According to a statement by the CCG, Wang is also vice chairman of the Western Returned Scholars Association, which is under the jurisdiction of the United Front Work Department.[31] [32] [33] [34] In 2018, Wang's affiliation with the United Front Work Department attracted the attention of Senator Marco Rubio and sparked subsequent discussions of government influence with think tanks.[35] Wang remains a guest of U.S. thinktanks, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies,[36] Hudson Institute,[37] and The Woodrow Wilson Center,[38] which Rubio questioned[39] in 2018.

Wang obtained his PhD degrees at the University of Western Ontario and University of Manchester.[40] He was a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and a visiting fellow at Brookings Institution.[41]

Activities

Wang has actively advocated for "Track II" diplomacy to increase China-foreign academic and business exchange, and has joined and held a number of dialogues between Chinese and US think tanks and research institutes.

Wang has been interviewed by global media outlets, such as GZERO Media, Al-Jazeera,[42] Bloomberg,[43] and the Wall Street Journal,[44]  to comment on trade and economic issues as well as China policies. He has been a contributor and columnist to a number of media such as The New York Times,[45] [46] Financial Times,[47] and the South China Morning Post.[48]

In 2020, Wang and the CCG "promoted the permanent-residency scheme" for foreigners in China, which led him to be "vilified online as a traitor" by some, according to The Economist.[49]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report . Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program . 2019-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191224093443/https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=think_tanks . 2019-12-24 . live .
  2. Web site: Joske . Alex . Alex Joske . 9 June 2020 . The party speaks for you: Foreign interference and the Chinese Communist Party's united front system . . resrep25132 . free . 26 November 2022 . 9 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200609000729/https://www.aspi.org.au/report/party-speaks-you . live .
  3. Web site: 李克强:充分发挥参事馆员咨询国是作用 . www.gov.cn . 2019-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914094547/http://www.gov.cn/guowuyuan/2015-02/09/content_2816828.htm . 2018-09-14 . live .
  4. Web site: 兼职副会长名单. cafiec.mofcom.gov.cn. 2020-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326104313/http://cafiec.mofcom.gov.cn/article/jingmaoxinxi/201306/20130600177594.shtml. 2019-03-26. live.
  5. Book: Cheng, Li. Power Of Ideas, The: The Rising Influence Of Thinkers And Think Tanks In China. World Scientific. 2017. 978-981-310-025-1. 269–271. en.
  6. Book: Li, Cheng. Power Of Ideas, The: The Rising Influence Of Thinkers And Think Tanks In China. World Scientific Publishing. 2017. 269–271.
  7. Web site: China Vitae : Biography of Wang Huiyao. www.chinavitae.com. 2020-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160716035721/http://chinavitae.com/biography/Wang_Huiyao/full. 2016-07-16. live.
  8. Web site: Henry Huiyao WANG . 2023-10-02 . East Asia Strategy Forum 2022 . The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy (IPD) and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) . en-US . 2023-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231116124525/https://easf2022.org/speakers/henry-huiyao-wang/ . live .
  9. Book: Cheng, Li. Power Of Ideas, The: The Rising Influence Of Thinkers And Think Tanks In China. 2017-03-14. World Scientific. 978-981-310-025-1. 269–271. en.
  10. Web site: APF Canada Publishes Report on China's Competition for Global Talents. Canada. Asia Pacific Foundation of. Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. 2020-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160418053430/http://www.asiapacific.ca/media/news-releases/37036. 2016-04-18. live.
  11. Web site: DR. WANG HUIYAO « WCBES. en-US. 2020-03-08. 2021-05-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210520235803/https://wcbes.org/speaker/dr-wang-huiyao/. dead.
  12. Web site: The Steering Committee . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428162202/https://parispeaceforum.org/organization/#executive . 2019-04-28 . 2019-02-12 . Paris Peace Forum.
  13. Web site: Bigger migration role awaits nation . 2020-03-08 . english.www.gov.cn . 2023-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407080958/http://english.www.gov.cn/news/top_news/2016/06/15/content_281475372200014.htm . live .
  14. Web site: 《2017中国区域国际人才竞争力报告》蓝皮书发布 . 2020-03-08 . m.haiwainet.cn . 2023-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231116124525/https://m.haiwainet.cn/middle/3542392/2017/0911/content_31111815_1.html . live .
  15. Web site: Advisory Board Duke Kunshan University . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200313181915/https://dukekunshan.edu.cn/en/about/advisory-board . 2020-03-13 . 2020-03-08 . dukekunshan.edu.cn . en.
  16. Web site: Munich Security Conference 2019 - Munich Security Conference . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009134617/https://securityconference.org/en/medialibrary/collection/munich-security-conference-2019/ . 2019-10-09 . 2020-03-08 . securityconference.org . en-GB.
  17. Web site: China Munk Debates . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191227182108/https://munkdebates.com/debates/china . 2019-12-27 . 2020-03-08 . munkdebates.com . en.
  18. Web site: Program 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200226140639/https://parispeaceforum.org/program-2019/ . 2020-02-26 . 2020-03-08 . Paris Peace Forum . en-US.
  19. Web site: Speakers at the 2019 Athens Democracy Forum . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009134608/https://www.athensdemocracyforum.com/dr-huiyao-wang . 2019-10-09.
  20. News: 5 April 2017 . How a Xi-Trump summit could yield progress . Financial Times . live . 2020-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190930225609/https://www.ft.com/content/d8d77238-19de-11e7-a266-12672483791a . 2019-09-30.
  21. Web site: Wednesday . December 4 . Headquarters . 2019 8:15 am-5:00 pmCSIS . Fl . 2nd . China's Power: Up for Debate . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417065548/https://www.csis.org/events/chinas-power-debate-2 . 2020-04-17 . 2020-03-08 . www.csis.org . en.
  22. Web site: Events - U.S.-China Trade Relations and Challenges: Past, Present, and Future - September - 2018 - Hudson Institute . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009134619/https://www.hudson.org/events/1607-u-s-china-trade-relations-and-challenges-past-present-and-future92018 . 2019-10-09 . 2020-03-08 . www.hudson.org . en.
  23. Web site: Huiyao . David Dollar and Wang . 2019-12-09 . Is China undermining the global economic order or helping build it? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418202453/https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/is-china-undermining-the-global-economic-order-or-helping-build-it/ . 2020-04-18 . 2020-03-08 . Brookings . en-US.
  24. News: Bradsher . Keith . 2019-06-11 . China Moves to Close Gap in Trade Expertise as Clash With Trump Intensifies . en-US . The New York Times . live . 2020-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191007005923/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/business/china-trade-talks-expertise.html . 2019-10-07 . 0362-4331.
  25. Web site: Banu . Zarina . 20 March 2014 . Plugging China's talent pool . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009134606/https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/20/world/asia/china-brain-drain/index.html . 2019-10-09 . 2020-03-08 . CNN.
  26. News: Vaswani . Karishma . 2019-01-10 . Three things the US and China will never agree on . en-GB . BBC News . live . 2020-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191205055053/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46819099 . 2019-12-05.
  27. Web site: December 3, 2017 . China's Jiusan Society to elect new leadership . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200215004407/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/03/c_136797231.htm . February 15, 2020 . 2020-02-15 . Xinhua.
  28. Book: Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report 2015 . . 2015 . 978-0-16-093033-1 . 233 . en . 2022-12-23 . 2022-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220921015613/https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/2015%20Annual%20Report.pdf . live .
  29. Web site: 2023-11-02 . Lingua Sinica Newsletter, 2 Nov . 2023-11-02 . Lingua Sinica . China Media Project . 2023-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231225132610/https://linguasinica.substack.com/p/lingua-sinica-newsletter-2-nov . live .
  30. Web site: 机构成员_机构成员_南方国际人才研究院 . https://archive.today/20231101053542/http://scgti.org/ccg/2013/0401/1593.html . November 1, 2023 . 2023-11-02 . South China Global Talent Institute . zh.
  31. Web site: May 9, 2018 . CCG Release . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180509220026/http://en.ccg.org.cn/ccg-release/ . May 9, 2018 . Center for China and Globalization.
  32. News: Allen-Ebrahimian . Bethany . January 11, 2020 . The Moral Hazard of Dealing With China: Academic institutions must grapple with the question of when engagement becomes complicity. . . live . February 14, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200115165614/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/01/stephen-schwarzman-china-surveillance-scholars-colleges/604675/ . January 15, 2020.
  33. Web site: Parello-Plesner . Jonas . May 11, 2018 . The Curious Case of Mr. Wang and the United Front . https://web.archive.org/web/20180521144201/https://www.hudson.org/research/14330-the-curious-case-of-mr-wang-and-the-united-front . May 21, 2018 . 2019-07-06 . . en.
  34. Web site: Allen-Ebrahimian . Bethany . May 7, 2018 . Rubio Questions D.C. Panel on China Influence . https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054738/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/07/rubio-questions-d-c-panel-on-china-influence-united-front-beijing-communist-party/ . May 8, 2018 . 2019-07-06 . . en-US.
  35. News: Scott . Christopher . May 10, 2018 . Talk on Chinese influence sheds light on concern over American ignorance . . May 14, 2020 . June 12, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200612040701/https://asiatimes.com/2018/05/talk-on-chinese-influence-spurs-concern-over-american-ignorance/ . live .
  36. Web site: Re-calibrating the BRI: A Conversation with Wang Huiyao ChinaPower CSIS Podcasts . 2023-10-02 . www.csis.org . en . 2021-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210428224224/https://www.csis.org/podcasts/chinapower/re-calibrating-bri-conversation-wang-huiyao . live .
  37. Web site: 2023-09-13 . U.S.-China Trade Relations and Challenges: Past, Present, and Future Hudson . 2023-10-02 . www.hudson.org . en . 2023-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230921081308/https://www.hudson.org/events/1607-u-s-china-trade-relations-and-challenges-past-present-and-future92018 . live .
  38. Web site: Huiyao Wang Wilson Center . 2023-10-02 . www.wilsoncenter.org . en . 2023-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231203071147/https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/huiyao-wang . live .
  39. Web site: 2018-05-08 . Rubio Questions D.C. Panel on China Influence – Foreign Policy . https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054738/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/07/rubio-questions-d-c-panel-on-china-influence-united-front-beijing-communist-party/ . 2018-05-08 . 2023-10-02.
  40. Book: Cheng, Li . The Power Of Ideas: The Rising Influence Of Thinkers And Think Tanks In China . World Scientific . 2017 . 978-981-310-025-1 . en.
  41. Book: Cheng, Li . Power Of Ideas, The: The Rising Influence Of Thinkers And Think Tanks In China . 2017-03-14 . World Scientific . 978-981-310-025-1 . en.
  42. Web site: Huiyao Wang: US-China trade war 'unprecedented' and 'alarming'. www.aljazeera.com. 2020-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200308082806/https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2019/12/huiyao-wang-china-trade-war-unprecedented-alarming-191226083040164.html. 2020-03-08. live.
  43. Web site: It's High-Time That We Got a U.S.-China Trade Deal: Center for China and Globalization's Wang. www.bloomberg.com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191022053415/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-22/it-s-high-time-that-we-got-a-u-s-china-trade-deal-center-for-china-and-globalization-s-wang-video. 2019-10-22. 2020-03-08.
  44. News: Beijing. William Mauldin in Washington and Chao Deng in. Impeachment Probe Could Shift China Trade-War Dynamics. 2019-10-01. Wall Street Journal. 2020-03-08. en-US. 0099-9660. https://web.archive.org/web/20191021235747/https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-probe-could-shift-china-trade-war-dynamics-11569937044. 2019-10-21. live.
  45. Web site: Educated Workers Are Good for China, and the Rest of the World. www.nytimes.com. en. 2020-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111838/https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/01/21/the-effects-of-chinas-push-for-education/educated-workers-are-good-for-china-and-the-rest-of-the-world. 2019-01-09. live.
  46. News: Huiyao . Wang . 2022-03-13 . Opinion It's Time to Offer Russia an Offramp. China Can Help With That. . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-10-02 . 0362-4331 . 2024-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240119190041/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/opinion/china-russia-ukraine.html . live .
  47. News: Wang . Huiyao . 2022-07-17 . China's zero-Covid policy has had a severe impact on its stock of global talent . Financial Times . 2023-10-02 . 2023-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230610224958/https://www.ft.com/content/fef5a71d-8a19-4f65-804e-42bfb02af083 . live .
  48. Web site: Wang Huiyao. South China Morning Post. en. 2020-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200308111158/https://www.scmp.com/author/wang-huiyao. 2020-03-08. live.
  49. News: A proposal to help a few foreigners settle in China triggers a furore . . 2022-10-18 . 0013-0613 . 2023-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725103638/https://www.economist.com/china/2020/03/12/a-proposal-to-help-a-few-foreigners-settle-in-china-triggers-a-furore . live .

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