Guangdong Tourism Research Centre-Brief Introduction：Charlie CHAN

　　

Personal Information：
　　The Famous Tourism Planner in China,born in Zhen Jiang City Jiangsu Province in Feb,1969. Having rich experience in tourism planning, Mr. Chan has successfully finished almost a hundred of planning work of scenic areas and resorts in China. His representative works are Master Planning for Mt. Tianmu Scenic Area of Hangzhou, Planning and Designing for Three Lulong Forest Parks of Linzhi and Rijimuchou Forest Park in Tibet, Tourism Planning of Lijiang River in Guilin, Bishuiwan Hot Spring Resort Planning of Guangzhou, and the Tourism Development Plan of Geo-park Mt. Danxia in Shaoguan. As for tourism policy research, Mr. Chan took charge of Guangdong Provincial Tourism Development Strategy Research(2000~2020), Tourism Cooperation Among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, Research on Guangdong's Tourism Internationalization Strategy, Research on Guangdong's Tourism Culture Development etc.
　　Mr. Chan is the founder of Guangdong Tourism Research Centre. Attributing to his efforts, GDTRC becomes a well-known and competitive tourism planning entity in China in five years, placed to be number five of “The Most Competitive Tourism Planning”( The Evaluation Centre of China Press) and one of the nine professional entities awarded “Best Qualification of Tourism Planning” by China National Tourism Administration( Awarded by CNTA in 2003).
　　Mr. Chan was also covered by the media such as Guangdong Television Station, Fujiang Television Station, The Southern Television Station, Nanfang Daily and Guangzhou Daily etc. for many times.
　　As a professional, Mr. Chan is the tourism economy advisor of many cities and districts such as Longgang District of Shenzhen, Shixing County, Pingyuan County etc.
Education Background：
　　Master's Degree from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning，Beijing University on Tourism Development and Management( tutored by Mr. Chuankang Chan, who was the originating and most famous researcher of tourism planning in China).
　　Doctor's Degree from the Department of Planning Geography，The East China Normal University on regional planning.
Dissertation：
　　The dissertation for Bachelor's Degree ：
　　The Analysis on Location Choosing of International Resort in Wuxi.
　　The dissertation for Master's Degree ：
　　The Research on Comprehensive Evaluation of Tourism Projects.
　　The dissertation for Doctor's Degree ：
　　The Innovative Research on Planning of Waterfront Resorts.
Publishing：
　　The Innovative Planning and Designing of Waterfront Resorts, published by Guangdong Tourism Publishing House, 2005
　　The Tourism Development Plan for Mt.Danxia,UNESCO GEOPARK, the first writer, published by Guangdong Tourism Publishing House, 2005
　　Mr. Chan also released about ten articles on professional magazines and papers.

Dr. Charlie Chan (second for the left) at US National Park Service

Working Experience：
　　 June, 2000～present　Cooperate Representative and Chief Planner of Guangdong Tourism Research Centre, Dean of Guangdong Tourism Planning Institute

　1996～2000　working at the Resources Development Department of Guangdong Provincial Tourism Administration, and working at Meizhou Municipal Tourism Bureau form May,1998 to Nov.1999.

　Nov,1995－Feb,1996　working at the Planning Department of Shenzhen OCT Group( The Overseas Chinese Town Group which is the most famous theme park developing enterprise in China)