Scientific Committee

Decade of CPEC & BRI: From Vision to Reality

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    Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Javaid Chief Economist/ Executive Director CPEC Secretariat, Ministry of PD&SI, Islamabad

    He have over 20 years of experience comprising policymaking, central banking, consulting, teaching and research. He have the privilege to serve as the Chief Economist of Government of Pakistan with the responsibility to advise the highest decision...Read More

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    Dr. M. Muzammil Zia Regional Connectivity & Infrastructure Specialist, CPEC Secretariat, Ministry of PD&SI, Islamabad

    Dr. M. Muzammil Zia earned his PhD from School of Finance & Economic in Jiangsu University, China. Previously, he has completed his M.Phil. degree from Friedrich Alexander University, Germany, with specialization in the field of Development Ec...Read More

Members

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    Dr. LIU Zongyi Senior Fellow at National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the PRC

    LIU Zongyi, Senior Fellow, Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert in ethnic studies of National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the PRC. He is now the Director of the Research Office of Major Power Relations of the Institute for International Strat...Read More

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    Dr. Prof. Tang Mengsheng Director of the Center for Pakistan Studies at Peking University

    Dr. Prof. Tang Mengsheng,from School of Foreign Languages at Peking University, China. He is doctoral supervisor, and Director of the Center for Pakistan Studies at Peking University. He has been engaged in teaching and research for a long time,...Read More

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    Dr. Chao Zhang Associate Professor with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University

    Dr. Chao Zhang is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University. He has authored over 60 journal and conference papers. He holds over 20 Chinese patents. His research interests mainly focus on...Read More

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    Ms. Xiang Yang Director(EBPS 20) in China Study Center, NUST in Pakistan

    Xiang Yang is a working as Director at China Study Centre of National University of Science Technology. She founded St. Fulin Group in 2012 as chairperson. She has studies Chinese literature, culture, history, philosophy, politics, governance and...Read More

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    Dr. Ya Gao Associate Researcher, BGI Life Science Research Institute, China.

    In 2012, Ya Gao joined BGI Health Technology Co., Ltd. to engage in the clinical application and technology development of non-invasive prenatal genetic testing (NIPT) technology. He focused on the application of sequencing technology in the field...Read More

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    Dr. Di Yuna Associate professor, School of International Economics and Management, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU).

    Dr. Di Yuna, associate professor, School of International Economics and Management, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU). As Executive Director of “Pakistan Study Centre Science & Technology and Economy” and Director o...Read More

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    Dr. Wang Shida Deputy Director of the Institute for South Asian Studies at CICIR

    Dr. Wang Shida,  is Deputy Director of the Institute for South Asian Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR). In addition, he served as a member of the council for South Asian Society of China.Wang is t...Read More

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    Dr. Hong Mi Professor The School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University,Hangzhou

    Dr. Hong Mi is currently working as Professor at Department of Social Security and Risk Management, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University. Dr. Mi is also Director of the Laboratory for Population Big Data & Policy Simulation and Execut...Read More

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    Dr. Nasir A. Afghan Faculty Member School of Business Studies, IBA Karachi

    Dr. Nasir A. Afghan is currently working as Director, China Study Centre and Director, National Centre for Food and Agro-trade Support at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. Dr. Afghan holds PhD in Managerial Effectiveness, from Uni...Read More

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    Dr. Tao Yitao Professor and a Ph.D. supervisor in economics at Shenzhen University.

    Dr. Tao Yitao is a professor and a Ph.D. supervisor in economics at Shenzhen University. Prof. Tao is the former vice chairman of the University Council and currently serves as the director of the China Center for Special Economic Zone Research of...Read More

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    Dr. Abdul Sattar Director of the China Study Center at BUITEMS

    Dr. Abdul Sattar is an academic and researcher, currently serving as the Director of the China Study Center at Balochistan University of information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS). He received his PhD in Economic Science...Read More

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    Dr. Muhammad Athar Siddiqui Dean, UCP Business School

    Dr. Siddiqui currently serves as a Dean at the University of Central Punjab Business School, which is one of the largest business schools in Pakistan.

    Prior to joining UCP, Dr Siddiqui served Karachi School of Business & Leadership a...Read More

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    Dr. Saima Shafique Associate Professor Department of Economics National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad

    Saima Shafique is Associate Professor of Economics – National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad - and involved in teaching and research supervision since 2005. She headed the department of Economics, and remained involved in improvem...Read More

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    Dr. Sheraz Mustafa Assistant Professor of Economics at Sukkur IBA University

    Dr. Sheraz Mustafa is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Sukkur IBA University. He has over ten years of experience in teaching and research.

    In his academia experience, he served as an integral part of the faculty at Sukkur Institut...Read More

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    Dr. Liaqat Ali Shah Head of Policy CPEC in the Centre of Excellence for CPEC, PIDE

    Dr. Liaqat Ali Shah is Head of Policy CPEC in the Centre of Excellence for CPEC, PIDE. He has also served as Project Director CPEC & Executive Director Centre of Excellence for CPEC during 2019-2020. Before joining the Ministry, Dr. Liaqat Ali...Read More

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    Dr. Ghulam Samad Senior Research Specialist at the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute, ADB

    Dr. Ghulam Samad is a Senior Research Specialist at the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute, ADB. Before joining CAREC Institute, Dr. Samad was a Senior Research Economist at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics...Read More

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    Dr. Abdul Jalil Professor of Economics, National Defence University Islamabad Pakistan

    Professor of Economics, Government and Public Policy Department, National Defence University, Islamabad (from 30th September to date). Professor of Economics (Shakirullah Durrani Memorial Chair of State Bank of Pakistan), Pakistan Institute of Dev...Read More

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    Dr. Mahmood Khalid Project Director, Center of Excellence-CPEC and Head, Fiscal Policy Section at PIDE

    He is currently working as Project Director, Center of Excellence-CPEC and Head, Fiscal Policy Section, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). Previously he has been the Head of Health Economics Department at the same institute. His r...Read More

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    Dr. GU Wei Associate Professor at IIRS, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS)

    Gu Wei is currently associate professor at Institute of International Relations (IIRS), Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS). 
    Her main research areas are regional cooperation and regional strategy, regionalism and regional integ...Read More

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    Dr. Ahmad Junaid Rector and Dean of Faculty of Management Sciences at KSBL

    Dr. Ahmad Junaid holds the position of Rector and Dean of Faculty of Management Sciences at KSBL. He is also an Associate Professor at the institution. Prior to joining KSBL, Dr. Junaid served as the Chairman of the Department of Finance and a res...Read More

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    Prof. Dr. Zahid Anwar Pro Vice-Chancellor (Ex) and Dean (Ex) University of Peshawar

    QUALIFICATION: Post-Doctorate from Columbia University,USA (2005-06), Post Doctorate from CIIS China in 2019, PhD in Political Science (1994), M. A. in Political Science, M. A. in History, M. A. in Philosophy, M. A. in English, LLB, Postgraduate D...Read More

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    Dr Durre Nayab Joint Director and Director Research at PIDE, Ialamabad

    Dr Durre Nayab did her PhD in demography from the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. She is the Joint Director and Director Research at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). Her current areas of research i...Read More

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    Engr. Prof. Dr. Attaullah Shah Vice Chancellor Karakoram International University Gilgit Baltistan-Pakistan

    He is a leading researcher, educator and practitioner with 33 year senior/executive level diverse experience in the fields of Academic leadership, Project design & management, teaching and research, public connectivity and high performance tea...Read More

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    Prof. Dr. Shahid Hussain Bukhari Professor of Political Science and Chairman, Department of Political Science at BZU, Multan

    Prof. Dr. Shahid Hussain Bukhari is currently serving as Professor of Political Science and Chairman, Department of Political Science at Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. He has been serving as Associate Professor of International Relations at...Read More

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    Dr. Zhang Yifeng Associate professor at Fudan Institute of BRGG, in Fudan University, China

    Dr. Zhang Yifeng is associate professor at Fudan Institute of Belt and Road & Global Governance(BRGG)in Fudan University, China; he is also Deputy Director (non-resident) of Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies at Shanghai Ac...Read More

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    Dr. Naseem Faraz Joint Economic Advisor at the Economic Advisor Wing, Finance Division

    Dr. Naseem Faraz holds the position of Joint Economic Advisor at the Economic Advisor Wing, Finance Division. Previously, she has served as Senior Research Economist at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. She has also held roles of th...Read More

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    Dr. Liu Jinqian Associate Professor of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS)
    Dr. Liu Jinqian is an Associate Professor of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS). He is also an Advisor on Anti-terror Affairs to Shanghai Municipality and Ministry of Public Security of PRC. He obtained the special Annual Award for China...Read More