Xiaochen Zhang *** University City
Boulevard, Apartment B14
Blacksburg, Virginia 24060, USA
+1-540-***-****, E-mail: abhtub@r.postjobfree.com
Education:
Doctoral Candidate, Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical and Cultural
Thoughts, 2008-Present
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia,
USA
Master of Arts, Global Studies, Excellent, 2008
Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany, 2007-2008; Wroclaw University,
Wroclaw, Poland, 2006-2007
Master of Law, International Relations, Communication University of China,
Valedictorian, 2006
Master of Law Training, International Business Law, China University of
Political Science and Law, 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Hebei University of Economics and Business,
Valedictorian, 2001
Double Degree, Bachelor of Science, Economic Information Management, Hebei
University of Economics and Business, 2001
Work Experiences:
Instructor, Global Climate Change, Modern Asian Culture, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA, Aug.2009- Present
Teaching Assistant, International Relations Theory, Seminar on
International Studies, US National Security Policy, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, USA, Aug.2008- 2009
Senior Researcher, Syntao Sustainability Consulting, Beijing, China, May
2009- Present
Contributed to Carbon Disclosure Project--China Report 2009; Developed
China Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Index; Contributed to Study
of Sustainability Reporting for China.
General Manager, XIN Carbon International (established 2009), Beijing, June
2009-Present
Prepared to start my Clean Development Mechanism consulting business in
China, October2004-February 2008;
Wrote the business plan; negotiated with different investors; conducted
consulting business including sustainability, climate policy, Clean
Development Mechanism, Voluntary Emission Reductions Trading, Corporate
Social Responsibility, etc.
Lecturer, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, February 2004-
August 2006
Instructed MBA course, Business Communication; Developed case studies,
developed quality control tools, instructed long-distance learning classes;
integrated multimedia tools, top three on students' evaluations.
Senior Strategic Planning, Insight P.R. Consulting, Beijing, China,
December 2005-May 2006
Provided strategic planning and public relations consulting services, cases
such as "2006 Chinese Idol" TV show, Arawana Oil
Senior Researcher, Zhongke Tianbo Company, Beijing, China, June 2003-August
2003
Responsible for strategic planning, provided advice to general manager
Sales Manager, China National Electronics Import and Export Corporation,
June 2001-June2003
Conducted trading business, maintained customer relations, received related
trainings
Marketing Manager Assistant, Beijing Sinosoft Storage Technical Company,
Limited, December 2000-May 2001
Was in charge of public relations, marketing, strategic planning; assisted
marketing manager in daily operation
Instructor, Oral English, Business English, Haoqian Language Training
Center, China, 1998-2001
Part-time work and Internships:
Internship, United Nations Secretary General's Climate Change Support Team,
New York, USA, August-December 2009
Assisted team to organize the 2009 UN Climate Summit; Participated COP 15,
Supported team's work in Copenhagen; Assisted team's work on United Nations
system-wide climate change coordination
Internship, Clean Development Mechanism Validation Team, T V S D Industries
Service GmbH, Munich, Germany, February-July, 2008
Worked in Carbon Management Sector, Assisted the team's CDM project
validation work
Publications:
"Carbon Disclosure Project-China Report" (Contributor), Carbon Disclosure
Project, 2009, 2010
"Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China" (Contributor), Chinese
Sustainability Reporting Center, 2009
"Strategies of the Great Powers in Climate Negotiation", China Times, 2009
"Strategic Partnership in US Environmental Sustainability", InstituteLEAP
Commentaries, 2009
"The Impact of Clean Development Mechanism on Climate Policy in South
Africa", Global Studies Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2008, pp.35-42
"The Emergence and Evolution of China's Township Village Enterprises", Graz
Evolutionary Economics Conference Proceeding, July, 2007
International Relations Studies in China (Co-edited Book), Communication
University Press, December 2005
People's Livelihood Archives in China- From the Bottom (Co-edited Book),
Volume 1, Volume 2, Friendship Press of China, April 2005
Conferences and Academic Training:
PACE Summer Camp, "China's Environment, Economy and Society", Kunming,
China, July, 2009
Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference, Sacramento, California,
USA, November 2008
Carbon EXPO, Cologne, Germany, 2007, 2008; Washington, District of
Columbia, 2009
OECD-UNEP Conference on Resource Efficiency, Paris, France, April 2008
European Union Conference on European Development Days, Lisbon, Portugal,
November, 2007
Graz Schumpeter Summer School on Evolutionary Economics, University of
Graz, Austria, 2007;
Summer School on Economic Policy, Kiel Institute for the World Economy,
Kiel, Germany, July 2007
The 7th Global Forum of United Nations on Reinventing the Government,
Vienna, Austria, 2007
Collaborative Decision Making Certificate, EUROCONTROL Institute,
Luxembourg, April, 2007
Political Science Forum, Renmin University, China, June 2005; Paper
presentation
Summer School on World History, Peking University, Beijing, 2005
Summer School on World Politics, Free University Berlin and Fudan
University, Shanghai, 2004
Distinctions and Awards:
Director, First place winning video, Clean Development Mechanism Changing
Lives Video Contest, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
2009
Conference Fellowship, Stanford University, Sacramento, California, USA,
November 2008
European Commission Scholarship (Erasmus Mundus), Global Studies, Poland
and Germany, 2006-2008
Valedictorian and Xingguang Award for Graduates, Communication University
of China, China, 2004
Valedictorian, Hebei University of Economics and Business, Shijiazhuang,
China, 2001
Excellent Student of Hebei Province Award, Department of Education, Hebei,
2001
Relevant Skills:
Languages: Chinese (native), English (fluent), German (average), Japanese
(elementary)
Computer Skills: Proficient in Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet,
Outlook Express