Governing Board

Organization

Home Organization Governing Board

The operation and management of HIST is carried out under the direction of a Governing Board. The Governing Board is the decision-making body in charge of examining and approving the mid-term strategy, annual work report and annual programs and budget, supervising the Secretariat in the implementation of the Board’s decisions, and promoting cooperation and exchange with UNESCO, its Member States and relevant international organizations.

Chairman
Yaping Zhang	Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Members
Huadong Guo	Director of HIST; Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Academician of the World Academy of Sciences; Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences
Changwei Qin	Secretary General, Chinese National Commission for UNESCO
Chenggao Yan	Deputy Director-General, Department of Natural Reserves Management, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, China
Xiaofan Huang	Director of World Heritage Division, Department of World Cultural Heritage, National Cultural Heritage Administration
Ana Roders	Professor in Heritage and Values, Delft University of Technology
Andreas Georgopoulos	Board Member of International Council on Monuments and Sites(ICOMOS)
António Abreu	Director of the Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences of UNESCO
Guy Debonnet	Chief of Nature, Sustainable Tourism and Outreach Unit, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Tim Badman	Head of Heritage, Culture and Youth team, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)