Leadership
Prof. Wang Sibin
Director General of Beijing Facilitators
President of China Association of Social Workers
Vice President of Chinese Sociological Association (CSA)
Professor, Department of Sociology, Peking University
Prof. Sibin Wang is the founding father of the social work education system in China after the reform and opening up policy was introduced four decades ago, which led to re-adoption of social work education in higher education institutions.
Mr. Li Tao
Co-founder and Operations Director of the Facilitators
Certified Senior Social Worker
National Social Work Leader (awarded by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China)
Mr. Tao Li is the pioneer in the field of social work service to migrants and grassroots NGO development in China. He first started to work on well-being of migrant workers in 1996. Mr. Li brought years of professional experience working as journalist and executive editor when he led the Facilitators team to start providing services with the guiding philosophy of “creating strength through cooperation and helping people help themselves”. The service model has subverted the main stream society’s perception of migrants and grassroots NGOs in China and pushed for progress in cooperation between governments and NGOs. Mr. Li is also Standing Council Member of China Association of Social Workers, Member of the National Social Work Professional Certification Evaluation Committee, Trainer for National NGO Training of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China, Expert on Child Affairs of the State Council Working Committee on Women and Children (SCWCWC), Member of China Expert Group of Global Civil Society Evaluation Committee (School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University), and Top Ten Community Leader by the Beijing News.
Ms. Li Zhen
Director for Research and Advocacy of the Facilitators
Social Work Supervisor
Certified Social Worker
Master of Social Work, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Co-founder of the Facilitators
Ms. Li is a worker turned NGO leader. Her career in journalism began in 1997 and she later became Executive Editor of Migrant Women, the first magazine dedicated to rural Chinese women seeking employment in cities. As co-founder of Facilitators, she directed the team to build the localized social work service model and achieve its leading position among NGOs. Ms. Li also participated in the initiation of Nanjing Facilitators and Zhuhai Facilitators. She is Invited Researcher of the Social Work Research Centre (Ministry of Civil Affairs of China), Member of the National Social Work Standard Committee (Ministry of Civil Affairs of China), Member of the Committee of Beijing Youth Federation, Top Ten Social Worker of the Year (2013), and Model for Young People of Beijing.
Ms. Yang Daimao
Member of the Coordination Committee
Director for Department of Professional Support to NGOs, Beijing Faciliators
Certified Social Worker
Master of Social Work, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ms. Yang joined the non-profit sector in 2008 with experiences in the business field and participated in initiation of Zhuhai Facilitators. She later became Executive Director for Zhuhai Facilitators. She is an experienced project leader working extensively with enterprises and NGOs, with successful projects like the construction of open non-profit service center in an industrial park project and the sunflower social work growth project for migrant workers. The team she led in Zhuhai Facilitators had zero staff turnover in such a difficult working environment for eight years.
Ms. Liu Qian
Member of the Coordination Committee
Director for Project Center, Beijing Facilitators
Director for Project, Facilitators
Certified Social Worker
Master of Social Work, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ms. Liu Qian joined the Facilitators in 2009 as an intern and grew into a member of the management team. Ms. Liu has rich experiences in frontline services, project management, team management and cooperation. She led the third-party operation team of Beijing Facilitators for Beijing Social Organization Development Center, a platform delegated by Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau to support more than 4,000 NGOs in Beijing .
Ms. Lu Jinyan
Member of the Coordination Committee
Certified Social Worker
Best Social Worker in China Award
Ms. Lu Jinyan joined the Facilitators in 2006. She is a social work service expert and is called “all weather social worker” as she can run services in different environments. She is in charge of the Friends of Facilitators monthly donation project.
Ms. Wang Lihong
Project Officer, Department of Education and Advocacy, Beijing Facilitators
Certified Social Worker
Ms. Wang Lihong started with the Facilitators in 2007 as frontline social worker and later began to work on community development project and policy advocacy. She successfully ran the community-NGO-social worker coordination project in Beijing to become a competent member of the management team with social work service, project management and policy advocacy capabilities.
Ms. Ren Wenxin
Member of the Coordination Committee
Director for Department of Social Work, Beijing Facilitators
Certified Assistant Social Worker Excellent Intern of Nanjing Facilitators (2012)
MSW, Yunnan University
Ms. Ren Wenxin joined Beijing Facilitators in 2017. She has worked on tailored help for children living in difficulty, services in Dreamcatchers Child Friendly Spaces, volunteer management and intern supervision.
Ms. Wang Bing
Director for Partnerships
Master in Social Policy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ms. Wang Bing joined Beijing Facilitators in 2019, bringing years of professional experiences with international organizations and enterprises.
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Recognition for Our Work
Excellent Youth Education Service Organization by Beijing Municipal Government (Beijing Facilitators, 2004)
