“Policy Challenges in Implementing Sustainable Development Goals—A View From Transitional China”

Prof. Lan Xue

School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) at Tsinghua University, China

Lan Xue is a Cheung Kong Chair Professor and Dean of the School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) at Tsinghua University in China. He is the co-chair of the Executive Committee of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative for the United Nations. He has worked extensively in areas including public policy analysis, innovation policy, and crisis management. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of Brookings Institution. His many public service appointments include a member of the Expert Committee on Emergency Management of the State Council of China, Vice President of China Association of Public Administration, a member of the Visiting Committee for Harvard Kennedy School, a member of the Academic Advisory Board for the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. Dr. Xue has a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and taught at the George Washington University before returning to China in 1996. He is a recipient of the Fudan Distinguished Contribution Award for Management Science in 2011.