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Wanhua Yang, PhD
Wanhua Yang is Senior Advisor for China with the Trade and Investment Strategic Objective. She currently coordinates IISD's work on the China Council project, supervising the research of the China Council Working Group on Trade and Environment. The working group, an international advisory body, aims to assist China in developing and implementing long-term, comprehensive and integrated trade and environmental policies and measures that are supportive of sustainable development.
Yang has a background of environmental law and international environmental policy. Before she joined IISD, She carried out research on comparative legal framework for environmental impact assessment, alternative dispute resolution for environmental disputes, and the role of the United Nations in the development of international environmental policy.
Yang received her Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) in environmental law (2002) and her Master of Law (LL.M) in international environment law (1994) at Indiana University, School of Law, US. She also holds a LL.M in Environmental Law (1988) from China University of Politics and Law (Beijing), and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Yunnan University (China). She is a member of the International Law Association.
Wanhua Yang left IISD in September 2007
Publications
Sustainable Electronics and Electrical Equipment for China and the World: A commodity chain sustainability analysis of key Chinese EEE product chains
Paper: Martin Eugster, Duan Huabo, Li Jinhui, Oshani Perera, Jason Potts, Wanhua Yang, 2008Trade and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for China as a WTO Member
Book: Ruqiu Ye, Wanhua Yang, Konrad von Moltke, David Runnalls, 2002Environmental and Trade Implications of China's WTO Accession -- A Preliminary Analysis
Paper: Hu Tao, Wanhua Yang, 2000Prospects of CDM for Promoting Sustainable Development in China - Accelerating Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer
Paper: Yunhui Jin, Xue Liu, Wanhua Yang, 2000