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Deputy Chairman, CWTO association
Ex-President, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation
Dr. HUO JIANGUO, born in 1954, is the deputy chairman of CWTO association, the Ex-President of Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC), Senior Research Fellow and Ph.D supervisor of University of International Business and Economies. He got the Ph.D in economics in Nan Kai University in 2003. Dr. HUO JIANGUO has been working in different fields and been designated as different positons including Deputy DGs of Department of Foreign Economy and Trade at the State Economic and Trade Commission, and Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce as well as President of China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce & Animal By-Products. Dr. HUO has been devoted to trade administration and foreign economy and trade policy research, such as Chief coordinator for policy-making on the Chinese enterprises` participations in APEC activities and ABAC dialogues in APEC; Team member for negotiations on China’s WTO accession, Chief coordinator for China’s tariff reduction on industrial goods and industrial policy adjustments, China`s fiscal and taxation system reforms, policy-making of foreign trade and foreign exchange system reforms, being responsible for analyzing the risks Chinese enterprises might face and organizing the industrial sectors to deal with the challenges; He has been awarded the prize by the Ministry of Commerce for his outstanding contribution, including putting up first proposal for achieving trade balance through voluntary import expansion by setting up a trade balance fund. Dr. HUO has been devoted to improving CAITEC research and its influence by organizing discussions on foreign economy and trade, and undertaking some important research projects, participating in the study of Prospects of US-China Economic Cooperation in the Next Decade co-organized by China-United States Exchange Foundation, China Center for International Economic Exchanges and the Ministry of Commerce of China. His research findings are published through various formats and on various media.