Xueliang Cai manages a portfolio of investment projects and technical assistance operations in the People's Republic of China, Pakistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Pacific. He serves as the sector focal point for the Pacific and leads innovation initiatives on biodiversity credit investments in river basin management. Before joining ADB, he worked as a senior lecturer at UNESCO-IHE in the Netherlands and as a researcher and postdoctoral fellow at the International Water Management Institute in South Africa and Sri Lanka. He holds a PhD in agricultural water management from Wuhan University.