Changhua Wu
Greater China Director
Changhua Wu is the Greater China Director based in Beijing. A professional environment and development policy analyst with a focus on China, she leads The °Climate Group’s strategic development and manages its China operations. Before joining The °Climate Group, she was the Executive Director of China Operations of ENSR, working closely with multi-national corporations to support their business development in China and also their compliance with Chinese regulations.
A China specialist for about 15 years, Ms Wu has been leading a world-wide professional network – Professional Association for China’s Environment (PACE) and serves on the Board of the Asia-Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP), the Standing Committee of Environmental Education Committee of Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences, and the Advisory Committee of Clean Air Initiative - China. Before returning to China, she directed the Program for China Studies at the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, DC, and consulted for multinational organizations like the World Bank, UNEP, and UNDP. She was the 1993 Fellow of World Press Institute and 2004 Fellow of the Temple law school’s High-level US-China Roundtable on Environmental Law and Policy. She holds two graduate degrees, one in Law from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the other in Environmental Policy from University of Maryland.