Director & Co-founder
Jiang Xiaoping is the founding director of this center. Mr. Jiang is experienced in customs affairs and had worked for decades at China Customs and multinational corporations. After receiving his Bachelor Degree in Customs Administration from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in 1983, he joined the General Administration of China Customs (GACC), and then served as directors at Beihai Customs and the Foreign Trade Bureau of Beihai Municipality, Guangdong province. Mr. Jiang began his business career as supervisors in customs affairs at Skyworth and Flex International Ltd., a global leading electronics manufacturing services company. In addition to his Flex work, Mr. Jiang also worked concurrently as the Chair of Customs Affairs Committee and the Chair of Government Relations Board at the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmChamChina).
Mr. Jiang still works as a Cross-border Trade Expert at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a visiting professor at the UIBE, a fellow of China Society for World Trade Organization Studies (CWTO), and an expert of China Customs Magazine.
Mr. Jiang is skilled in the analysis of customs policies, business environment at trading ports, and trade facilitation, and is known for offering pragmatic solutions and troubleshooting techniques for knotty problems in customs clearance. He has finished dozens of research projects in those sectors independently or as the leader. Besides, Mr. Jiang has published many widely-applauded reviews on his Wechat official account 'Pingshuoguanshi'.
Co-founder
Lai Qingbo is the founder of Shenzhen Channelton Logistics Development Co., Ltd. (CLD) and the co-founder of Re-code. He established CLD in 2003 and then successively established 17 wholly-owned subsidiaries in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Ningbo and other major ports in China and abroad to provide in-depth services of international door-to-door integrated supply chains for import and export enterprises.
In 2014, together with Mr. Jiang Xiaoping, Mr. Lai established Beijing Re-Code Trade Security and Facilitation Research Centre, and participated in several major research projects, and provided full support for the research projects of e-Code with the full supply chain data of CLD as well as affluent practical experience from different ports.
Zhou Zhuojian
Mr. Zhou, Master of Economics and specialized in international trade and data analysis. He joined Beijing Re-code Trade Security and Facilitation Research Centre in 2014, and was involved in the design and implementation of a few research projects, including Time Release Study of Import and Export Goods at Ports in China, Assessment Indictor System of Trade Facilitation and Charge Survey at Ports, and undertook the process collection and data analysis.
Li Yaling
Ms. Li has a master degree of Logistics Engineering, and is familiar with the customs clearance process of import and export logistics. She is skilled in data collation and analysis. Joined Beijing Re-Code Trade Security And Facilitation Research Centre in 2019, and participated in a few research projects, such as the Guangdong port business environment assessment and tracking efficiency project, and the research on the path of speeding up, lowering fees and reducing certificates for customs clearance at Zhoushan Port, and mainly undertook corporate research and part of the report writing work.
Che Shuting
Ms. Che, Master of Economics, joined Beijing Re-code Trade Security and Facilitation Research Center in 2021. She is currently a project specialist, focusing on data processing and analysis, and has participated in multiple projects.
Guo Mingxi
Ms. Guo, office affairs support specialist, graduated with a bachelor's degree in Financial Management. She joined Beijing Re-code Trade Security and Facilitation Research Center in 2021.
Bai Ming
Mr. Bai is deputy director, a research fellow, and a Ph.D. adviser of Institute for International Market, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation. He is also a fellow of Economic and Trade Policy Advisory Committee, Ministry of Commerce, and a fellow of China International Economic Relations Association. Mr. Bai received his Bachlor, Master, and Ph. D. degrees in Econimics from Nanjing University, KyungHee University (Korea), and Renmin University of China. His research covers China's opening-up, world economic and trade development, global market of commodities, and domestic and international business environment. In recent years, he led or joined some key research projects entrusted by governmental departments including Ministry of Commerce, P.R.C. Mr. Bai has sevral papers published in core journals, and won some academic awards. As a reviewer, he shared his opinions on national media such as CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, etc.
Cui Fan
Professor in International Trade, School of International Trade and Economics (SITE) of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), China; Research Fellow, Research Institute for Global Value Chains of UIBE; Deputy General Secretary and Director of Research, China Society for WTO Studies; Senior Counsel, Beijing office of Dentons law firm; Advisor, advisory committee on Global Value Chains, Ministry of Commerce, China. Dr. Cui holds a PhD in Economics and an LLM in International Commercial Law, both from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) of the UK. He also holds a BA and an MA in International Trade from the UIBE. Dr. Cui has a Chinese lawyer qualification and a CICPA (China Institute of Certified Public Accountant) qualification. He has rich experience in providing consultation and training to commercial and government agencies and has published on academic journals such as Oxford Economic Papers, The Law and Development Review, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies and etc.
Li Yong
Senior fellow and Deputy Chair of Expert Committee, China Association of International Trade. He is concurrently a standing council member of China Society of WTO Studies (CWTO) and an advisor at Consultative and Advisory Committee for Economic and Trade Policies of CWTO. For nearly 40 years, Li Yong has long been engaged in studies of international trade and economic relations. He is frequently consulted by government departments, foreign embassies in China and business associations for his analyses on major international trade issues and a chosen expert for interviews by both Chinese and foreign mainstream media on critical issues involving multilateral and bilateral economic and trade relations, dynamics and trends of global economic and trade development. As a recognized expert, Li Yong speaks frequently on public forums and has attended multiple high-level second track dialogues between China and its major trading partners. Li Yong is also an active trainer on corporate training venues in various fields, such as sales and marketing strategy, sales force management and cross-cultural management. He is a specialized consultant in the field of SFE (sales force effectiveness), and has performed multiple projects for both domestic and international companies. In addition to his research contributions to various research projects, many of which were intended to advise government departments (both local and central), he also writes for mainstream media on topics of international trade. He co-editor and co-author of five editions of a globally distributed book “Doing Business with China”, published by Kogan Page of the UK between 1994-2005. He has been a current affairs and economics commentator of China Global Television Network (CGTN), the former English Channel of China Central Television (CCTV). He also sits as senior research fellow and chief researcher respectively at Tsinghua University’s Center for Global Studies and D & C Think Tank.
Tu Xinquan
Mr. Tu is Dean and Professor of the China Institute for WTO Studies of University of International Business and Economics located in Beijing, China. He got his Ph.D. in international trade from this university in 2004. During 2006-2007, he was a visiting scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. In the summer of 2009, he was invited as a visiting fellow by the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP). He conducted his research on the GPA under the WTO Secretariat for three months in 2011. He was also a visiting scholar at SWP (German Institute of International and Security Affairs), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterrey, and Indiana University on a variety of trade topics. His research and teaching focus on Chinese trade policy, WTO, Government procurement, US trade policy, and US-China trade relations.
