商務部國際貿易經濟合作研究院院長、經濟學博士。

　　1954年出生。1978年—1985年，在經貿大學讀本科和研究生，獲經濟學學士和碩士學位。1999年—2003年，南開大學國際經濟貿易研究所在職博士生，獲經濟學博士學位。

　　曾先后在中國土畜產進出口總公司、外經貿部國際貿易研究所、中國駐英國大使館商務處、國務院經貿辦工作。1997年任國家經貿委外經貿司副司長，2003年國務院機構調整后，曾先后任商務部商貿服務司副司長和對外貿易司副司長。2007年4月任中國食品土畜進出口商會會長。2009年10月任商務部國際貿易經濟合作研究院院長。中國世界貿易組織研究會副會長。

　　霍建國同志長期從事外經貿管理及政策研究工作，具有豐富的實踐工作經驗和較高的政策理論水平。1993年至2001年期間曾多次參與中國入世談判工作和APEC工作。中國加入世貿組織后，負責牽頭組織研究國家經貿委所分管的14個產業部門的應對措施，并取得了積極的效果。多年來，在國內主要經濟刊物上發表過諸多文章，并著有《中國外貿和國家競爭力》等書籍。

Mr. Huo Jianguo

Vice Chairman, China Society for WTO Studies

　　Mr. Huo Jianguo, born in 1954, is also the president of Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation in the Ministry of Commerce.

　　1978---1985 Got a Bachelor and a Master Degree at University of International Business & Economics

　　1999---2003 Got a Ph.D. degree in Economics at Nankai University’s international economic trade institute

　　Mr. Huo Jianguo served successively in China National Native Produce and Animal Byproducts Import & Export Corporation, Institute of ministry of international trade, economic & commercial section of Chinese embassy to British, trade and economic office of the state council. He served as the deputy director of the foreign trade office of the state economic and trade commission in 1997. After 2003, he served as the deputy director of the department of the commercial services administration of the ministry of commerce, and then the deputy director of the department of the foreign trade of the ministry of commerce. He served as the director general of china chamber of commerce of import and export of food stuffs, native produce & animal by-produces in 2007 and the president the academy of international trade and economic cooperation of the ministry of commerce in 2009.

　　Mr. Huo has been dedicated in the management of the foreign trade and policy studies for a long time, which contributes to his rich practical work experience and high policy and theory study level. From 1993 to 2001, he attended negotiations concerning China's entry into WTO and served in APEC for a few times. After China’s entry into WTO, Mr. Huo has been in charge of the countermeasures for 14 industrial departments of the state economic and trade commission. He also has published many articles on main domestic journals and magazines, and many work, “Chinese foreign trade and state’s ability to competition”, for example.