商务部国际贸易经济合作研究院院长、经济学博士。

　　1954年出生。1978年—1985年，在经贸大学读本科和研究生，获经济学学士和硕士学位。1999年—2003年，南开大学国际经济贸易研究所在职博士生，获经济学博士学位。

　　曾先后在中国土畜产进出口总公司、外经贸部国际贸易研究所、中国驻英国大使馆商务处、国务院经贸办工作。1997年任国家经贸委外经贸司副司长，2003年国务院机构调整后，曾先后任商务部商贸服务司副司长和对外贸易司副司长。2007年4月任中国食品土畜进出口商会会长。2009年10月任商务部国际贸易经济合作研究院院长。中国世界贸易组织研究会副会长。

　　霍建国同志长期从事外经贸管理及政策研究工作，具有丰富的实践工作经验和较高的政策理论水平。1993年至2001年期间曾多次参与中国入世谈判工作和APEC工作。中国加入世贸组织后，负责牵头组织研究国家经贸委所分管的14个产业部门的应对措施，并取得了积极的效果。多年来，在国内主要经济刊物上发表过诸多文章，并著有《中国外贸和国家竞争力》等书籍。

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.