MENG Hongwei received his bachelor degree in 1968 from Beijing University, China, Master’s degree in Education and Psychology in 1981 from Beijing Normal University and PhD in Educational Evaluation in1992 from the University of Hong Kong. From 1995 to 2000, he was the President-elect for Asia-Pacific Association of Educational Assessment; and from 2000 to 2003, he was a member of the Governing Board of UNESCO Institute of Statistics.He has 32 years of professional experience as international and national consultant on education monitoring and evaluation projects in China, DPRK, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Namibia, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam for national governments and international agencies such as ADB, the European Commission, ILO,  OECD, UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, WFP and several international consultant firms such as the Cambridge Education. He was also acting as an advisor of UNESCO (INRULED).