Huiyao (Henry) Wang (Chinese: ???; born July 2, 1958) is the founder and president of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a non-government think tank in China.
Wang is also an adviser to the Chinese government, having been appointed as Counselor for China State Council by Premier Li Keqiang in 2015.
Wang is a thought leader on China and globalization, global governance, China global trade and investment, China global migration and talent flows, Chinese students studying abroad and global think tanks.
He is also an adviser to the World Bank, IOM, ILO, Paris Peace Forum as well as global MNCs.
Wang is a central committee member of Jiusan Society, which is a front organization for the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department.
He is also the Vice Chairman of China Association for International Economic Cooperation (CAIEC) under Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM); Vice Chairman of China Talent Society under Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security; Expert Committee Member of China State Council Overseas Chinese Office; Vice Chairman of China Western (Overseas) Returned Scholars Association, Vice Chair of Expert Committee of All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.
He is also a Professor and the Dean of Institute of Development Studies at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China.
Wang was a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and a Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution.
He has taught at Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the University of Western Ontario.
He is a Policy Fellow of IZA and was a Senior Fellow at Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Wang sits on the Migration Advisory Board of International Organization of Migration (IOM) of the United Nation and is an advisory expert for the International Labor Organization(ILO) and World Bank.
Wang is also a member of Yale University Asia Development Council, a member of advisory board of Ivey Business School in Asia, an advisory board member of Duke-Kunshan University in China, a steering committee member of Metropolis International Network, and a steering committee member of Paris Peace Forum launched by French President Emmanuel Macron.