South African Institute of International Affairs cordially invites you to a Round Table Discussion to be addressed by Dr Haifeng Wang, Senior Fellow and Director, Institute for International Economic Research under the National Development and Reform Commission, China on "Climate Change and Challenges for Developing Economies: China's Perspective "

Dr Haifeng WANG is a Director and Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Economic Research. He holds the following degrees: a PhD in Economics, University of Bath, UK; a MSc in Economics and Econometrics, University of Southampton, UK; a MSc in Environment Geography, Institute for Environmental Science, Beijing Normal University and a BEng, University of Science and Technology, Beijing.

The Institute for International Economic Research (IIER) was founded by the State Planning Commission (SPC) in 1985. It has gradually gained strength as a policy-oriented institute in the areas of international economics and foreign policy during the era of China's market-oriented reform when the SPC was restructured into the State Development Planning Commission (SDPC) in 1998 and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in 2003. The Institute provides policy advice through its 24 permanent fellows. Both government-funded and an independent research agency, the IIER has also extended its services and expertises to local governments, enterprises, and other organisations on the basis of contracted projects.

Dr WANG is a leading expert on climate change in China and his presentation will focus on China's perspective on climate change in the aftermath of the Copenhagen Summit.

Date:        Wednesday 21 April 2010

Time:       10:15 for 10:30 to conclude by 12:30 and followed by a light lunch

Venue:     Jan Smuts House, East Campus, University of Witwatersrand

RSVP:      Ndumi Nqunqa

Tel:          (011) 339 2021 ext 117

Fax:         (011) 339 2154

Email:      Nondumiso.Nqunqa@wits.ac.za