Haoliang Xu

Haoliang Xu is an Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific at the United Nations Development Programme.

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Appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, on 13 August 2013, Xu oversees UNDP support to country and regional sustainable development programmes in 36 countries in Asia and Pacific.

Haoliang Xu's tenure has been focused on reinventing UNDP's 24 Country Offices in Asia-Pacific, the Regional Hub in Bangkok and Headquarters in New York.

The signature issues of his leadership include: Repositioning UNDP from a donor to a sustainable development services provider; introducing new sources of finance for development in Asia-Pacific; and infusing innovation into every area of UNDP's work.

Previously, Xu was Deputy Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States at UNDP. Prior to that, he held senior UNDP positions in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Timor-Leste and Iran. Before joining the UN, Xu was a computer-aided design engineer with Louis Berger Group in Morristown, New Jersey, United States, and an assistant lecturer at Tongji University in Shanghai, China.

Xu, a Chinese national, holds a Bachelors in Engineering from Tongji University, and a Masters’ of Science in Management from the Stevens Institute of Technology, United States. He also holds a Masters’ of International Affairs in Economic Development and Policy Analysis from Columbia University.

Xu has appeared on the BBC World TV, CNBC, the Wall Street Journal and other top tier media. He delivered policy speeches at Harvard, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Columbia and other universities. He was featured by the EY and The Guardian in the 2014 Global Public Leaders Series.