Minghui Ren

Professor Ren Minghui is a professor of global health in the School of Public Health, also Director of Institute for Global Heath Peking University and Director of China Center for Heath Development Studies Peking University, Beijing, China.

Professor Ren had been served as the Director General of International Health Cooperation in the Ministry of Health (National Health and Family Planning Commission) China for more than 10 years, and the Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for 7 years. During his rich experience in global health governance in the global level and national level, he served as a member of the governing bodies of global health organizations, including WHO, UNAIDS, the Global Fund to Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, as well as the Chinese head of bilateral health cooperation project committees between China and the Russian Federation, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and the Gates Foundation. He was awarded the Honorable Mention of the Russian Federation and the Ordre National du Mérite of France.

He is currently a distinguished fellow of the World Economic Forum on global health, a member of the Advisory Board of the China CDC Weekly, and an honorary adviser of the School of Global Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University – National Center for Tropical Diseases, an Adjunct Professor in various schools and universities in China.

His research includes global health, global health governance and diplomacy, universal health coverage and health systems and global health development.