Zhao Bing is Representative and Country Director of the World Food Programme China Office and Centre of Excellence for Rural Transformation in Beijing. Previously, he held director-level positions at WFP headquarters overseeing agricultural partnerships and multilateral engagement, food systems and smallholder support, and the Purchase for Progress initiative. Dr. Zhao also served as Head of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization, a United Nations regional institution under ESCAP. Before joining the United Nations, he held positions in China’s Ministry of Agriculture and its Permanent Representation to the UN Agencies in Rome.