Mr. Wan Jifei Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade(CCPIT)

Mr. Wan Jifei, of Han Nationality, was born in October 1948 in Dongping County, Shandong Province. He studied at the Department of Political Science and Administrative Management of the Peking University with a Master of Law degree. He has a professional qualification of Senior Economist.

Since the start of his career in January 1969, he has worked successively as Deputy Secretary-general of the CPC Committee of Shunyi County, Beijing Municipality, Assistant Governor of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and concurrently Deputy Director General of the Ningxia Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Commission, and Deputy Director General of Beijing Municipal Commission of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations. He became Vice Minister of the Office for Special Economic Zones of the State Council in December 1995, Vice Minister of the State Council Office for Restructuring the Economic Systems in March 1998 and Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) in February 2000 respectively. In May 2003, he was appointed as Chairman of CCPIT and CCOIC.

Concurrently, he is Chairman of ICC China, Chairman of China International Economics and Trade Arbitration Commission, Chairman of China International Maritime Arbitration Commission, Chairman of Chinese Committee of the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC), Chairman of the China-ASEAN Business Council, Vice Chairman of the China-Arab Friendship Association, Chairman of Chinese Board of Directors of the China-Arab Joint Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Chairman of the Industrial Cooperation Sub-Committee under the China-Russia Peace, Friendship and Development Committee, Honorary Chairman of the Beijing Society of International Economy and Trade, and Guest Professor at the Nankai University.