Members
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) has over one hundred members from eighteen countries across Asia and the Pacific, consisting of former political, diplomatic and military leaders, senior government officials, and scholars and opinion leaders. APLN aims to inform and energize public opinion, especially high-level policymakers, to take seriously the very real threats posed by nuclear weapons, and to do everything possible to achieve a world in which they are contained, diminished and eventually eliminated.
MA Zhengang
Distinguished Research Fellow at the China Institute of International Studies
Ma Zhengang was formerly Chinese Ambassador to the U.K., and is now Chairman of the National Committee at the Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. He is also the Chairman of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association.
Ma Zhengang was formerly Chinese Ambassador to the U.K. (1997-2002) and is now Chairman of the National Committee at the Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) and Chairman of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association. He also holds positions as member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of China, member of the Public Diplomacy Advisory Group of MFA, and Distinguished Research Fellow at China Institute of International Studies (CIIS). Ambassador Ma was born in Shandong, China in 1940. After graduating from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute (now known as China Foreign Studies University), he joined the MFA in 1965. From 1965 to 1967, he studied at Ealing Technical College and later London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Amb. Ma was the President of CIIS from 2004 to 2010, and Vice-Minister of the Foreign Office of the State Council from 1995 to 1997.Ma Zhengang was formerly Chinese Ambassador to the U.K. (1997-2002) and is now Chairman of the National Committee at the Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) and Chairman of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association. He also holds positions as member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of China, member of the Public Diplomacy Advisory Group of MFA, and Distinguished Research Fellow at China Institute of International Studies (CIIS). Ambassador Ma was born in Shandong, China in 1940. After graduating from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute (now known as China Foreign Studies University), he joined the MFA in 1965. From 1965 to 1967, he studied at Ealing Technical College and later London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Amb. Ma was the President of CIIS from 2004 to 2010, and Vice-Minister of the Foreign Office of the State Council from 1995 to 1997.