Former Director, Institute of International and Comparative Education; Former Director, Research Center for STEM Education, National Institute of Education Sciences
Professor Wang is a researcher; the Former Director, Institute of International and Comparative Education; Member, Standing Executive Committee, the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy; Director, Future School Laboratory; Director, Research Center for STEM Education. Her research areas include future schools and the international comparative studies of STEM education.
Since 2014, Professor Wang has led the China’s Future School Innovation Plan which has published the China STEM Education White Paper and China’s Future School 2.0 Innovation Plan, etc. and has established a collaborative research network on future school. In 2017, she initiated the ‘China STEM Education 2029 Innovation Action Plan’ which explored the ‘China STEM Education White Paper’ and ‘STEM Teacher Competency Rating Standard’, and established cooperative innovation centre network on STEM education across China. At the same time, Professor Wang is the leading expert of dozens of projects with Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Education who has participated in various research projects for policy decisions. There are 30 publications under her name with more than 60 journal articles. Professor Wang was the awardee of the Second-Class Award in the 3rd edition of National Education Sciences Research Outstanding Achievement Award and the Third-Class Award in the 6th edition.
Distinguished scholars from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, namely Professor Wang Su, Professor Cen Jamlam, Dr Chan Keng Lim, Dr Peter Wan Zhihong and Mr Wan Fei, will be joining a panel discussion to confer about the recent development and future of STEAM education in the Greater Bay Area.