Steering Committee member
Senior Advisor, Tencent
Dr Yongping Zhai graduated from Department of Thermal Engineering of Tsinghua University in 1983. Subsequently he studied in Institute of Energy Policy and Economics Grenoble, France, and received PHD in Energy Economics in 1989.
From 1990-1993, Dr Zhai was Assistant Professor in the Energy Technology Division, Asian Institute of Technology. From 1993 to 2000, he served as a Senior Energy Economist in the African Development Bank. He joined Asian Development Bank in September 2000 and served as Chief of Energy Sector Group at ADB, in charge of energy policy formulation and promotion of low-carbon technologies in Asian developing countries.
In July 2021, he joined Tencent as Senior Advisor in Strategy Development Department, supporting the company’s carbon neutrality operations and renewable energy development.