Mr Liu Ning serves as the Deputy Director General Level Department of Nature Ecology Conservation Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Negotiator for CBD COP15. He previously served for almost five years as the Deputy Permanent Representative Chinese Permanent Mission to United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. From 2002-2014, Mr Liu Ning was the Director, Division of European Affairs Department of International Cooperation Ministry of Environmental Protection. Before that role, he was core staff seconded by the Chinese Government to the Asia-Europe Environmental Technology Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Finally, he also served as a Senior Engineer at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences in Beijing, China for twelve years