Cheng Guoqiang

Research fellow, Director-General of the International Cooperation Department, Secretary-general of the Academic Committee, Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC)

Education:

July 1993: PhD in agricultural economics

Work experience:

Dec 2013-Present: Secretary-general of the Academic Committee of the DRC

Director-general of the DRC's International Cooperation Department

June 2009-April 2013: Research fellow, vice-director-general of the DRC's General Office; Cheng also held the post of secretary-general of the DRC's Academic Committee since March 2012 and director-general of the Information Center from April to Dec 2013.

June-Sept 2008: Temporary post in the State Bureau for Letters and Calls as assistant to supervision commissioner at the deputy-director level

Oct 2005-May 2009: Vice-director-general of the Institute of Market Economy, DRC

April 2001-Sep 2005: Research fellow, Research Department of Rural Economy, DRC

Sep 1997-Nov 2001: Concurrent post as leader of the agriculture negotiation panel of China's WTO accession delegation

Sep 1997-March 2001: Vice-research fellow of the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development; vice-director of the Department of Scientific Research; research fellow and director of the Research Center of International Agricultural Products Trade, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

April-Sep 1997: Senior visiting scholar at the Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Sep 1994-Dec 1996: Post-doctoral researcher in agricultural economics, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Others:

Part-time professor of Renmin University of China, South China University of Technology, and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law; part-time professor and doctoral supervisor of China Agricultural University and Huazhong Agricultural University; consultant for the State Administration of Grain; consultant for China WTO Notification and Inquiry; vice-chairman of Chinese Society of Foreign Agricultural Economy; vice-chairman of Chinese Society of Grain Economy; consultant for China Vegetable Oil Industry Association

Honors:

Received the special government allowances of the State Council

Awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

Second-place prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award

Second-place prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award at the provincial level

Second-place prize of the China Development Award

Excellent Research Report and Research Project Awards, DRC