Wenran Jiang is adjunct professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington DC, and Special Adviser on China to the Energy Council, an American and Canadian state and provincial legislators’ body coordinating energy policies. He is also the President of Canada-China Energy and Environment Forum, which has organized an annual Canada-China energy conference since 2004. Jiang was named by Alberta Venture magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in Alberta for 2014.
Jiang was a tenured professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, and was a special adviser to Alberta’s Department of Energy on Asian market diversification from 2012 to 2014. Jiang was the founding director of the University of Alberta’s China Institute.
Jiang has advised government agencies as well as private companies in the energy, mining, forestry and agricultural sectors on Asian market access and on how to engage China, with a particular focus on energy efficiency and environmentally friendly technologies. He is currently completing a book on why Canada needs to diversify its energy markets to Asia.
姜闻然博士于 2014年被《Alberta Venture》杂志推选为阿尔伯塔最具影响力的50位人物之一,自2004年起至今担任中加能源与环境论坛及其年会的总监。他还现任不列颠哥伦比亚大学亚洲研究所高级研究员及公共政策与全球事务学院客座教授,华盛顿伍德罗-威尔逊国际学者中心任全球研究员,及美加能源理事会的中国问题特聘顾问。
姜闻然博士1993-2017任加拿大阿尔伯塔大学政治经济学终身制职位。2012至2014年, 应邀担任阿尔伯塔能源部亚洲市场多元化特别顾问。2005至2008年,任阿尔伯塔大学中国学院奠基院长。2018年夏,应邀担任加拿大自然资源部长Jim Carr访华代表团顾问。目前担任阿拉斯加-中石化430亿美元LNG项目的参议院顾问。
姜博士经常应邀为政府机构,能源、矿业、林业和农业方面私企等提供政策建议和咨询服务,帮助他们进入亚洲市场,与中国接触及从事商务谈判。近年的工作重点为能源效率及环境清洁技术。他目前正在撰写主题为《为什么加拿大需要使其能源多元化并拓展至亚洲市场》的书籍。
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