Chunquan Zhu

PhD, Research Professor,Director of Nature, Positive Research Centre,, Asia Academy of Philanthropy in Hainan

Former Head of WEF China Nature Initiatives, Former Country Representative of IUCN China and Former Conservation Director of WWF China

Dr. Zhu is mainly focus on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, natural capital and ecosystem accounting, nature-positive transitions, national park and protected areas system development and management, nature-based solutions and ecological civilization approach. Among his accomplishments are the initiation and promotion of the concept of Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP), and the introduction and promotion the FSC forest certification scheme and landscape restoration approach in China.

Speaking at

Forum 1 | Unity of Humanity and Nature: A Response in an Era of Climate Resilience

4月18日, 上午10:00 - 上午11:30
Town Hall

The systemic worldview of a Well-being Economy provides us with a new foundation for understanding, and this session focuses on the very bedrock of that vision: the large-scale restoration of our natural world. Climate challenges are not merely isolated environmental issues, but systemic symptoms of a global extractive model reaching its limits. In this context, the principle of “Harmony between Humanity and Nature” is no longer just ancient philosophy; it is a vital compass for reshaping business resilience and asset value. From the reversal of desertification to the systemic regeneration of our blue oceans, we will deconstruct transformative cases across both land and sea. We shall examine how China, through the synergy of long-term vision, innovation, and patient capital, translates ecological preservation into self-sustaining, regenerative models. This represents more than the healing of our environment; it marks a fundamental shift for capital—moving from a “resource extractor” to a “steward of living systems”.

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Parallel Lab 4 Fueling Futures: Empowering Youth via Education and Food System

4月18日, 下午2:30 - 下午4:00
SANGHA Movement Center

At a time when the future feels increasingly uncertain, the question is no longer how we prepare the next generation for existing systems, but how we enable them to reimagine and regenerate the systems themselves. This lab explores the intersection of youth education, food systems, and human wellbeing not as separate domains, but as deeply interconnected foundations of a life-centred economy. If education shapes how we see the world, food systems shape how we relate to nature, and well-being shapes how we show up as human beings, then the future we are building depends on how these three evolve together. This session invites participants to move beyond fragmented interventions and ask: How do we cultivate a generation that can think in systems, act with responsibility, and build futures where both people and planet can flourish?

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