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China Sovereign Fund Names International Advisory Board Members

SHANGHAI -(Dow Jones)- China Investment Corp., the country's $200 billion sovereign-wealth fund, has named the 14 members of its newly established international advisory board, which comprises economists, investors and former government officials from the U.S., Europe and Asia.

All 14 members of the International Advisory Council will meet annually, and may convene interim meetings as and when necessary, the sovereign-wealth fund said on its Web site.

The advisory body held its first meeting Sunday.

The fund said the group will provide counsel on "the international economic environment, corporate governance, development strategy, and investment policy, as well as upgrading and improving our corporate image and increasing transparency."

The following is a list of the board's members posted on CIC's Web site, according to region:

ASIA

Zeng Peiyan, director-general of China Center for International Economic Exchanges; former vice premier of the State Council of China

Lawrence J. Lau, vice chancellor at Chinese University of Hong Kong

Frederick Ma, honorary professor at School of Economics and Finance at University of Hong Kong; former secretary of Commerce and Economic Development at Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Taizo Nishimuro, chairman of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group; former chairman & chief executive officer of Toshiba Corp.

Yingyi Qian, dean of School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University; professor of Economics at University of California at Berkeley

Andrew Sheng, chief advisor to China Banking Regulatory Commission; former chairman of Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission

AMERICAS

David L. Emerson, senior advisor to Law Firm Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy; former minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of International Trade, former Minister of Industry, Canada

Arminio Fraga, chairman of Board of BM&F-Bovespa; founding partner of Gavea Investimentos; former president of the Central Bank of Brazil

Merit E. Janow, professor of International Economic Law and International Affairs at Columbia University; chairman of NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; former member of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization

John L. Thornton, chairman of Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution; non-executive chairman of HSBC North America; former president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

James D. Wolfensohn, chairman of Wolfensohn & Co.; chairman of Citigroup Inc's Advisory Board; former president of the World Bank Group

EUROPE

Knut N. Kjaer, president of RiskMetrics Group; former chief executive officer of Norges Bank Investment Management

Jean Lemierre, advisor to the chairman of BNP Paribas SA; former president of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Lord Nicholas H. Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government at London School of Economics; former chief economist of the World Bank Group

CIC's Web site: http://www.china-inv.cn/

-Rose Yu contributed to this story, Dow Jones Newswires; 8621 6120-1200; rose.yu@dowjones.com

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