Dr. Fang Jin is the Secretary General and Vice Chairman of China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) and a senior research fellow at the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council, People’s Republic of China. Under his leadership, CDRF has actively engaged in international communication, policy research and social experiments, fulfilling its mission to advance good governance and public policy to promote economic development and social progress. His main area of research is China’s medium to long term economic and social development issues and has written extensively on relevant topic. He holds a Doctoral degree from School of Economics, Peking University and a Master Degree and a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University in Australia. He was also a visiting scholar at Harvard Kennedy School. His research publication has won the Sun Yefang Economic Prize and the Special Prize of China Development Research Award.

Zhang Jian serves as Vice President of the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at Tsinghua University, Executive Director of the Low Carbon Energy Laboratory at Tsinghua University, and Deputy Secretary General, Global Alliance of Universities on Climate. Before joining the Climate Change Institute, he was Director for Global Partnerships at Tsinghua University, where he led the efforts to maintain global networks and develop international programs of various types with Tsinghua’s overseas partner universities.
Zhang Jian has published articles on higher education, international relations and public diplomacy. He is translator of a Chinese version of “A Clean Planet for All: A European Long-term Strategic Vision for a Prosperous, Modern, Competitive and Climate Neutral Economy”, which is published in China. He is also member of a number of research projects including the China mid-century low carbon transition strategy project, the Synergizing environmental and climate actions research program in collaboration with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and UN Environment Program, and the Green Belt and Road project in collaboration with Harvard University.

Michael Hart is President of the American Chamber of Commerce in China based in Beijing. He has over twenty-five years of business experience in Asia, including nineteen years in mainland China.
As President, Michael oversees all advocacy, programs, partnerships, and insights provided by the Chamber to support the business growth of nearly 900 foreign corporations operating in China, including most of the U.S. Fortune 500. The chamber’s advocacy includes the impressive American Business in China White Paper and Business Climate Survey each published annually as well as numerous interactions with both the US and Chinese governments on behalf of our members.
Prior to joining AmCham China, Michael spent most of his career in commercial real estate in Taipei, Shanghai and Tianjin including almost 20 years for a NYSE listed property services firm. He started in the research division briefing real estate owners, occupiers and investors on transactions and macro trends, he then opened, built, and led a branch office for the company in one of China’s largest Tier 1.5 cities for over a decade. Following this, Michael opened a private consulting and investment firm that among other projects invested in quick service restaurants.
In addition to this work, Michael was a long-term AmCham member and served on the Tianjin chapter’s Executive Committee for nearly 15 years including several terms as the local Chairman.
Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus on finance and banking from the University of Missouri-Columbia in the U.S. He is a fluent speaker of mandarin Chinese. Michael was born and raised near Kansas City, Missouri.