| Name | Wolfgang Klenner |
| Date of birth | 06.11.1942 |
| Place of birth | Trautenau |
| Civil status | Married to Prof. Hamaguchi - Klenner, two children |
| Current academic status | Professor of East Asian Economics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Home Address | Hölterstr. 13 B, 45549 Sprockhövel, Germany |
| Telephone | 49 (0) 2324 79398 |
| wolfgang.klenner[-=at=-]rub.de | |
| 1962 - 1969 | Studies of Economics at the Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1969 | Degree (Diploma) in Economics |
| 1969 - 1970 | Training at the German Institute for Development Policy in Berlin Project (field research in Ethiopia): Compilation of a simple input - output matrix for Ethiopia |
| 1970 | Project: Labour market problems in Africa |
| 1971 - 1973 | Chinese language studies and postgraduate research in Singapore, Hongkong, China, Tokyo sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation |
| 1974 - 1979 | Research position at the Institute for Development Research and Policy at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum Projects on China's social and economic development |
| 1978 | Ph. D. in Economics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Thesis: Adjustment in China's economic system and China's industrialization strategies |
| 1979 - 1984 | Head of China-Section at the HWA - Institute for Economic Research in Hamburg. Various projects on China's economic structure and reform Consulting China's National Planning Commission on the restructuring of China's economy, free trade zones, the banking system, the establishment of joint ventures, growth-cum-debt policy, regional policies, social policy |
| Since 1984 | Professor of East Asian Economics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum Chair offered at the Economics Department of Duisburg University (rejected) Several times Dean and Vice - Dean, member of various Commissions Visiting Professor, Research Professor or Senior Research Fellow at The University of International Business and Economics in Beijing (1982 and 1998)
Research in China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Vietnam, South America, South Korea, USAThe University of Tokyo (1985 and 1999) The University of California (1986) The University of Nagoya (1997 / 98) The University of Singapore (1999) The University of Sao Paulo (2007) |