Fang Liu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.
This article is about the aviation administrator. For the statistician, see Fang Liu (statistician).
Liu Fang
Liu in 2018
BornFebruary 1962 (age 62)
China
NationalityChinese
EducationPhD in international law; Master’s degree in air and space law
Alma materWuhan University
Leiden University
EmployerICAO
Known forSecretary General of ICAO

Liu Fang (Chinese: 柳芳; pinyin: Liǔ Fāng; born February 1962) is a Chinese attorney who was the twelfth Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a position she has held from 2015 until 2021[1] when Juan Carlos Salazar was appointed the new Secretary General.[2] She was the first woman to hold this position.[3]

Prior to joining ICAO, Liu served the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), where over the course of twenty years she eventually became responsible for China's international air transport policy and regulations, bilateral and multilateral relations with international and regional organizations including ICAO, the World Trade Organization, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the European Union, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

During her career with the CAAC, Liu was elected chair of the Aviation Group of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and was nominated by China to sit on the Air Transport Regulation Panel in ICAO. She also served as an expert on mediation and dispute resolution. She was chief negotiator for the Chinese government for bilateral and multilateral air transport agreements with foreign countries.[4]

  1. ^ "Former Secretaries General".
  2. ^ "Secretary General".
  3. ^ "Dr. Fang Liu of China Becomes First-Ever Woman Appointed Secretary General of ICAO". www.icao.int.
  4. ^ https://www.icao.int/DownloadDocsFix/liu_biography_en.pdf [bare URL PDF]