Prof. MAO Yushi ,
A well-known economist, Chairman of Unirule Institute of Economics, which is an independent, private think tank - one of the very few in China - is dedicated to the growth of a market economy and the reform of outdated Chinese Government policies. In November 2004 Prof. Mao was elected by the International Business Review as one of the ten most influential economists in China.
Prof. Mao currently holds various titles, including: a certified consultant for the Asia Development Bank; member of Energy Working Group at the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) funded by both Chinese and Canadian Governments; Honorary Professor at Mineral College Shangdong, Foreign Language and Trade University Guangdong, and Northwest University, Xian; former Deputy Chairman of Chinese Energy Research Society; member of International Advisory Board in Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC); a consulting editor for China Economic Review; and a member of the National Committee in Leadership for Environment And Development (LEAD) International Training Program.
Besides, Prof. Mao also has run a poverty alleviation mini-credit foundation in Shanxi since 1993, and a Vocational Training School for rural girls getting employment in Beijing since 2003, which until August 2005, has trained more than 5000 girls.

Mr Frederick C. Dubee
Born in the north of Quebec, Canada, Fred Dubee grew up in bilingual Montreal. Educated in Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Austria, he joined the automotive industry in 1968 and built a sound track record as an effective innovator the areas of marketing, strategic planning, training and development, general management and cross cultural team building.
Three decades unevenly distributed across North and South America, Europe and Asia opened the doors to intensive learning as a team member on some fascinating projects including: heading the development and implementation of a large scale, individual needs based training approach, leading the creation of multi-stakeholder programme to successfully develop, produce and market a Brazilian vehicle for the North American market, as well as taking a key role in the creation and execution of broad partnership business and social projects.
In the spring of 2000, Fred undertook an assignment to help in the preparation of the Global Compact launch and in October 2000, he joined the United Nations as Senior Officer, Global Compact, Executive Office of the Secretary-General. In this capacity and subsequently as Senior Advisor,he has presented and discussed the Global Compact with senior leaders from government, business, civil society, labour and the academic community at meetings, conferences and symposia . In the past years, China, India, Japan and the Middle East have been his prime geographic areas of focus. Concentrating on the development of harmonious society, sustainability and poverty alleviation, the role of business in overcoming structural violence has become a main area of concern.
Fred is a well respected speaker at high level national and international events and a highly reputed advisor to leaders of government and industry around the world as well as to United Nations programmes and agencies.