Mao Wei

Mao Wei is chief scientist and director of CNNIC. He is also serving as chairperson at knet.

Country:	China
Email:	mao[at]cnnic.cn
Website:	[cnnic knet cnnic knet]
LinkedIn:	[Wei Mao Mao Wei]
Twitter:	@williamWMao

Work Experience

Mao began a position in the computer office at the Zigong branch of the People's Bank of China after graduation. He then moved to the Chuannan Corporation of the Sichuan Xinchao Computer Industry Group for technology development work. In 1996, he became the deputy director of the network office of the computer network information center at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Mao founded the China Internet Network Information Center CNNIC in 1997. He served as a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland in 2002. He successfully sponsored the Shanghai ICANN meeting in 2002. Mao was appointed representative of Asia-Pacific Network Information Center APNIC on December 9, 2005. After two years he was elected to be a member of the Executive Council of Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) on March 3, 2007.

Conferences

• On Sep. 24, 2007 Mao Wei attended "China Internet Conference 2007" and delivered a speech with the title of "Governance of Internet Development and Internet Innovation in China".
• On Oct 2, 2008 in Nanjing, Mao Wei attended the meeting on "2012 will have to switch to IPv6" and made a speech.

Education

• In 1988 Mao graduated from Computer Science Department of Sichuan University.
• In 1996 he got post graduate degree from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Computing Technology.
• Mao started studying for doctorate degree in 2000.