Zhimin Wu

Dr Zhimin Wu, Assistant Director-General and Director of the Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Dr Wu is also the Chairperson of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF). Prior to his appointment at FAO in December 2022, he had served consecutively as Director-General of three departments of China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) respectively responsible for Wetland Management, Wildlife Conservation, and International Cooperation. He also served as President of the COP14 of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Vice Chairperson of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), and Deputy Director General and Board Member of International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR).