H.E. Prof. Dr. Mei Zhaorong, Honorary Director, Institute of World Development, State Council of China
Born in 1934, he studied English at the Beijing
Foreign Language Institute and Germanistik at the
Karl Marx University in Leipzig. Started diplomatic
career in 1956. Served in the Department of
Soviet Union & East European Affairs of Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Chinese embassies in Berlin and
Bonn. Prof. Mei served as Director-General of the
Department of West European Affairs of Ministry of
Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1988, Ambassador
to Germany from 1988 to 1997, President of the
Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs from
1997 to 2003, Member of the 8th National Committee
of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative
Conference from 1993 to 1998.
Prof. Mei is now a Special Consultant to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice Chairman of China
Institute of International Strategic Studies, Director
of the Institute of World Development under the
State Council Development Research Centre and
guest professor of several universities in Beijing and
Shanghai.