Mr. Yuan Haiying founded Yuan Associates in February
2004, and since then he and the firm have become major
players in China’s growing government affairs
industry.
Mr. Yuan has thirty years experience in the Chinese
Government, including senior diplomatic postings in
Washington D.C., as China’s Agriculture Attaché,
and in Rome, as the Alternate Representative to the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO).
He has been involved in negotiations on numerous bilateral
and multilateral agreements in the areas of trade,
investment, agriculture, forestry, fishery and environmental
protection. For his efforts, Mr. Yuan received an
Outstanding Contribution Certificate from the U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture and Outstanding Contribution
Awards from the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service. In China, Mr. Yuan was the Director
of the Ministry of Forestry’s Department of
International Cooperation, where he coordinated the
Ministry’s relations and joint projects with
foreign governments and international organizations.
After retiring from public service, Mr. Yuan worked
as Senior Vice President at Edelman Public Relations
for three years and as Vice President at APCO Worldwide
for three years. Mr. Yuan chaired the Government Affairs
Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce and
the China Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC)
of the Chinese Government Cooperation Committee. Additionally,
he was a Council Member of the China International
Public Relations Association (CIPRA) and the Beijing
Foreign Investment Association.
Mr. Yuan graduated from Peking University with a
degree in English and International Politics. He speaks
Mandarin and fluent English.
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