Councillor Biographies
Prof. C. S. Kiang, Founding Dean, College of Environmental Sciences, Beijing
Professor C. S. Kiang is the Founding Dean of the College of Environmental Sciences at Beijing University. Prof. Kiang is responsible for bringing many of the world’s leading experts on sustainable development to China, both to educate the next generation of leaders and to develop a working case study in the south of China. An internationally recognized expert on air quality, Prof. Kiang retired from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) as an Institute Professor where he was responsible for its environment science, engineering and policy program, which rates as one of the top five in the USA. He is currently Chairman of Beijing University’s Environment Fund and recently launched the US China Long Term Low Carbon City Initiative, promoting cooperation on tackling climate change.
