State Administration for Religious Affairs
With Zheng as Chairman, CIIDS has attracted a large number of senior strategists, diplomats, scientists, generals, economists and business leaders as participants and advisors. These individuals include: Lu Yongxiang, former President of China Academy of Sciences and former Vice Chairman of National People's Congress, Bai Chunli, President of China Academy of Sciences, Ge Zhenfeng, General and former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA, Fu Ying, Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress and former Ambassador to the UK, Ye Xiaowen, former Minister of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, Wu Jianmin, former Ambassador to France and former President of China Foreign Affairs University, Zhou Wenzhong, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia and former Ambassador to the United States, and Zhu Min, former Deputy Managing Director of IMF.