on may 12th, the appointment ceremony for prof. alessandro golombiewski teixeira as a distinguished visiting professor at tsinghua university was held. zhu xufeng, dean of the school of public policy and management of tsinghua university (hereinafter as tsinghua sppm), delivered a speech during the ceremony, introducing the biography and achievements of prof. alessandro golombiewski teixeira, and presented him with the appointment letter signed by li luming, president of tsinghua university. shi shuting, deputy director of the office of international cooperation and exchange of tsinghua sppm, yang wen, the academic manager for international programs of the office of academic affairs, and all students participating in the class of “frontier on public policy study- international political economy analysis” also attended the ceremony.
dean zhu xufeng and prof. alessandro golombiewski teixeira signed the appointment agreement
dean zhu xufeng presented prof. alessandro golombiewski teixeira with the appointment certificate
professor alessandro golombiewski teixeira once served as the president of the brazilian agency for industrial development, minister of the brazilian ministry of tourism, a visiting professor of innovation and international trade at columbia university, and a full-time professor at tsinghua sppm from 2018 to 2023. currently, he serves as a senior advisor to the president of the new development bank. in 2008, he was named “person of the year in latin america” by the financial times. he was awarded the highest honor in brazil, the commend of rio branco, in 2008 and 2014.
during his teaching period at tsinghua sppm, prof. alessandro golombiewski teixeira supervised phd candidates and 37 master students. he offered cutting-edge courses such as “frontiers of chinese contemporary issues research” “international political economy” “frontier on public policy study-international political economy analysis” “entrepreneurial management” and “international business and development strategy” with a total of over 1,000 students having taken his classes.
prof. alessandro golombiewski teixeira has always been committed to promoting cooperative and friendly relations between brazil and china. during his stay in china, he actively researched the successful experience of china's economic development, served as a columnist for official media outlets such as cgtn and china daily, and published over a hundred signed articles on chinese official media platforms, which have received unanimous praise from experts and scholars globally. leveraging his long-term experience in governmental agencies, he actively provided advice and suggestions to china’s central government departments such as the ministry of commerce, the ministry of foreign affairs, and the department of external relations, and received recognition accordingly. he pays close attention to the issue of urban and rural development in china, conducting practical research in various cities and rural areas multiple times, and has been interviewed over a hundred times by mainstream media outlets such as cgtn, cctv, xinhua net, and people's net. he shares his personal experiences in telling the stories of poverty alleviation, the belt and road initiative, and chinese-style modernization.