Dr. Xiao Zhang is the Vice Director of China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) and the Executive Deputy Director of China IGF. She has respectively served in the State Informatization Advisory Committee, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and Cyber Administration of China (CAC). Xiao used to be a board member of Asia Pacific Top-level Domain Name Association (APTLD), the founder as well as the Executive Deputy Secretary General of the Secretariat of the World Internet Conference (WIC, Wuzhen Summit).
Xiao has cooperated with different international organizations including the World Bank and OECD andactively participated in IGF, ICANN, APNIC, etc. Shepossesses a macro-vision on digitalization and maintains keen observation to Internet governance as well. Long being engaged in internet policy making and digital research, she published the book ‘Digital Transformation and Digital Governance’.