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Initiating Partners of “Bright Start Action Plan” Announced

As of April 25, 2024, the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) has received support from 80 sponsors for its “Bright Start Action Plan: Home Visiting Action Plan for 100,000 Rural Infants and Toddlers”. As the Initiating Partners of the first phase of the Bright Start Action Plan, each of them has contributed at least 30,000 RMB, enough to support the cost of home-based early childhood education for 10 children for one year.


Peng Peiyun, an Initiating Partner of the Action Plan, and former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, dedicated an inscription for the Bright Start Action Plan.



Gao Fu, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dean of D. H. Chen School of Universal Health at Zhejiang University, also wrote an inscription for the “Bright Start Action Plan”.



The initiators are united by a common vision for rural children's development, to enable rural children to receive science based and effective early parenting, and to jointly promote the introduction of relevant public policies.


List of Initiating Partners of the first phase of the Bright Start Action Plan


PENG Peiyun


Former Vice-Chairman of National People's Congress Standing Committee


LI Wei


Former President, Development Research Centre of the State Council; Former Chairman, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF)


BI Jingquan


Deputy Director of the Committee on Economic Affairs,  the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC); Chairman,  China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE)


WU Xiaoling


Former Vice Governor of the People's Bank of China and former Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange


YANG Weimin


Deputy Director of the Committee on Economic Affairs, the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC);  Former Vice Minister, Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs


ZHU Min


Vice Chairman, CCIEE; Former Deputy Managing Director, IMF


ZHANG Junkuo


Chairman, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF); Former Vice President, Development Research Centre of the State Council


LIU Shijin


Chief Advisor, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED); Former Vice President, Development Research Centre of the State Council


WANG Yiming


Vice Chairman, CCIEE; Former Vice President, Development Research Centre of the State Council


CAI Fang


Chief Expert, National Think Tank; Former President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)


GAO Peiyong


Academician, CASS; Former Vice President, CASS


LI Yang


Chairman and Former Dean, National Institution for Finance and Development, CASS


JIN Luo


Vice Chairman, National Council for Social Security Fund


GAO Fu


Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dean of D. H. Chen School of Universal Health, Zhejiang University; Former Director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention


HA Wei


Professor and Associate Dean, College of Education, Peking University


HAI Wen


Vice Chairman, Peking University Council; Founding Dean, Peking University HSBC Business School


HUANG Yiping


Dean, National School of Development at Peking University


Justin Yifu LIN


Dean, Institute of New Structural Economics, Peking University; Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank


SUN Qixiang


Professor, School of Economics, Peking University


WEI Kunlin


Professor, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University


YAO Yang


Professor and Former Dean, National School of Development at Peking University


ZHANG Weiying


Professor, National School of Development at Peking University


ZHAO Yaohui


Professor, National School of Development at Peking University


ZHOU Qiren


Professor and Former Dean, National School of Development at Peking University


BAI Chong-En


Professor and Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University


DA Wei


Professor, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University; Director, Centre for International Security, Tsinghua University


Tatsuhito TOKUCHI


Research Fellow, Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance, Tsinghua University


GU Chaolin


Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University


LI Daokui


Director, Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking, Tsinghua University


XUE Lan


Dean, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University


YANG Yansui


Professor, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University


YU Qiao


Professor, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University


ZHU Xufeng


Professor and Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University


Lawrence Juen-Yee Lau


Former President and Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong


ZHENG Yongnian


Director, The Institute for International Affairs, Qianhai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Board Director, Guangzhou Institute of the Greater Bay Area (GIG)


WANG Shaoguang


Member of the Commission on Strategic Development of the Hong Kong SAR, Professor Emeritus of The Chinese University of Hong Kong


HUA Sheng


Senior Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences and Director of the Institute for National Development and Policy Studies, Southeast University


MA Xiaohe


Former Vice President, Academy of Macroeconomic Research, NDRC


WANG Xiaoyi


Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, CASS


WANG Xiaolu


Vice Director and Research Fellow, National Economic Research Institute


CHENG Guoqiang


Professor, School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Renmin University of China; Director, National Institute of Food Security Strategies


LIU Shouying


Professor and Dean, School of Economics, Renmin University of China


WANG Sangui


Professor and Director, China Anti-Poverty Research Institute, Renmin University of China


WEN Tiejun


Chief expert of the Institute of Rural Revitalisation Strategy of Southwest University, Executive Director and Professor of China Academy of Rural Construction


LI Shi


Distinguished Professor, Zhejiang University; Director, Institute for Common Prosperity and Development, Zhejiang University


HU Biliang (1961-2024)


Executive Director of the Belt and Road Institute of Beijing Normal University, Director and Professor of the Emerging Markets Institute


TAO Sha


Professor, Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University


LI Xiaoyun


Professor, China Agricultural University; Honorary Dean, College of International Development and Global Agriculture


ZHANG Dandan


Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Hunan Normal University, and former host of Hunan Satellite TV


WANG Feng


Distinguished Professor, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University


WEI Shang-Jin


Academic Visiting Professor, School of International Finance, Fudan University; Professor, Columbia University


ZHANG Jun


Professor and Dean, School of Economics, Fudan University


ZHANG Lifen


Professor, School of Journalism, Fudan University


TONG Shijun


President of New York University in Shanghai and Professor of Philosophy at East China Normal University


ZHOU Nianli


Professor, Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University


CHEN Zongsheng


Professor of Nankai University, Founding President of China Academy of Wealth Economics


SHI Yaojiang


Professor and Director of Center for Experimental Economics in Education, Shaanxi Normal University


ZHAO Changwen


Director of the National Development Research Institute of Sun Yat-sen University, Professor of Sun Yat-sen University


XU Lin


Chairman, China-US Green Fund


TANG Min


Former Counsellor of the State Council, Executive Vice Chairman of China Social Entrepreneur Foundation


Jin Chunhua


Chief Physician of Health Care Department, Capital Institute of Paediatrics


ZHANG Bo


Chairman of Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group.,Ltd


LIANG Hong


Co-Chair, Institutional Business Committee, Huatai Securities


GE Yue


Vice President and Managing Director, Greater China, Apple Inc.


Duane KUANG


Founding Managing Partner, Qiming Venture Partners


MAO Daqing


Founder and Chairman, UCOMMUNE


PENG Wensheng


Chief Economist and Head of Research Department, CICC


FENG Danyun


Vice Chair and Secretary General of Beijing CICC Charity Foundation


WU Huimin


Executive Director, CICC Research Institute


SONG Li


Chair, Beijing CICC Charity Foundation


David Liao


Co-Chief Executive, Asia-Pacific - The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited


WANG Yunfeng


President and Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited


WANG Haihong


Vice President, HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited


DAI Xiaojing


President, SEEC Media Group


ZHANG Yandong


Executive Editor-in-Chief of Caijing Magazine and President of Caijing Think Tank


DENG Qingxu


Chief Executive Officer, Sina Finance


YANG Yanqing


Executive Head of Digital Economy Research, Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory


Cai Jianhua


Senior Advisor, Child Development Research Institute, CDRF; Former Party Secretary, Administrators Training Center of the National Health Commission


FANG Jin


Vice Chairman and Secretary General, CDRF


LU Mai


Former Vice Chairman, CDRF