Miao started her career as a climate policy analyst on low-carbon development in China at the innovative Green Development Programme, initiated by Energy Foundation China. She designed and lead the digital tool for tracking national, provincial, and city-level climate policies in China: Policy Mapping. Her research covers city-level low-carbon planning, carbon pricing, green finance by creating analytical tools, facilitating multidisciplinary exchange to foster integrated solutions for cities, and delivering reports for policymakers. Miao joined the World Economic Forum at 2017 and served the Programme and Design team for the design, development and deliver of Forum events around topics on sustainability, economics and finance, including World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Annual Meeting of the New Champions in China, and etc.

Prior in her research and programming career, she was a Community Host at Impact Hub Stockholm to serve the community of social enterprises in Sweden. She is passionate about people, and aspires to bring her expertise to community management of the two most exciting Forum communities: Global Shapers’ Community and the Young Global Leaders Community.

Miao has got two master’s degrees (MSc. and MA.) in Environmental Economics from University of Bonn, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, and Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing. She has a bachelor’s degree in finance from Beijing Normal University, and graduate certificate on international relations at The Johns Hopkins University–Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies.

Miao’s mother tongue is Mandarin, and she speaks fluent English, basic German and Swedish. In her spare time, she loves reading, doing Yoga, and rock climbing.