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Stefan Chen
General Manager, Cardiovascular & Specialty Solutions at J&J ChinaDr. Stefan Chen joined Cardiovascular & Specialty Solutions (CSS), Johnson & Johnson on March 26, 2018. He takes full responsibilities of strategies and P&L for CSS China business, based in Shanghai.
Stefan Chen joined J&J from Becton Dickinson where he was leading Preanalytical Systems business in Greater China, where he has a track record of success in sales and marketing with increased responsibilities over the course of six years. Prior to that, Stefan spent five years at McKinsey & Company, with focus on the healthcare industry.
He has led strategic projects across Asia and global markets, developed clients in pharmaceutical, medical devices, and biotech sectors.
Stefan holds a Ph.D. degree in Immunology and a master’s degree in Molecular &Cellular Biology from Harvard University. He also has a bachelor’s degree in Life Science (Cell Biology & Genetics) from Peking University.
Jielin Dong
Vice President at CUSTech InstituteDr. Jielin Dong is the vice president of CUSTech Institute and a part-time research fellow of the China Institute for Science and Technology Policy at Tsinghua University. She also serves as a board member for multiple technological companies, and a columnist for a few international journals. Her recent work is the book “A brief history of human innovation: the power of desires”.
Dr. Dong was a distinguished professor of Soochow University, and the director of the Center for Enterprise Innovation and Development of Soochow University. Through her career, she has worked for Fortune 500 technology companies such as Lucent and Cisco, as well as financial companies and scientific institutes. Dr. Dong finished her Ph.D. degree in physics in Carnegie Mellon University in 1988.
Joleen Liang
Partner at Squirrel AiJoleen is one of the 2019 Top 30 Female Tech Entrepreneurs in China and 2020 Female Business Leaders of the Year. She has built several FMCG and young fashion brands in succession. She has created the brand "Squirrel Ai" and the original "360D" branding theory to expand the international influence and reputation of the brand. As a company spokesperson, she has been interviewed by more than a dozen first-tier media such as CCTV, Hunan TV, Zhejiang TV, Jiangsu TV and global media such as Fortune, Forbes, Financial Times, MIT TR, etc. She has also created 100 million plays and 3 million likes on social media platforms such as Tik Tok. She has been invited to speak at IJCAI, ACM KDD, Slush, TechCrunch, UBS and other international summits, and interviewed by Bloomberg and other media.
Frank Lin
Partner at Guantao Law FirmFrank Lin is a partner in the firm’s Beijing Office. Prior to joining Guantao, he was a legal counsel at Cisco and legal director at Chehaoduo. He also practiced law at DLA Piper, Mallesons Stephen Jaques and TransAsia Lawyers.
Frank represents a wide variety of Fortune Global 500 companies, leading venture capital firms and startups, ranging from technology, internet, software, transportation, consumer brands, etc.
Gongrun Liu
Deputy Director of CEIBS Lujiazui Institute of international financeLiu gongrun is currently deputy director and researcher of CEIBS Lujiazui Institute of international finance. He is a doctor and postdoctoral of Fudan University. He is also a special expert and deputy secretary-general of Shanghai payment Association, a member of Shanghai Xuhui District CPPCC, a member of financial trial theory special committee of China law society, and an expert of financial technology special committee of Shanghai Modern Service Industry Federation. His main research interests include political and economic operation, construction of international financial center and development of digital finance. He has published some books and published more than 100 articles in academic journals.
Bin Peng
Founder & CEO of XAGIn April 2007, Peng Bin founded XAG. At present, XAG’s intelligent agricultural technology and products have served more than 9.31 million farmers, 52 million hectares of farmland, and 42 countries and regions, becoming the world's leading agricultural technology company and the world's largest agricultural drone company in operation. In October 2020, XAG became the first Chinese company to win the Retuers Events Responsible Business Awards 2020.
Ye Sha
Managing Partner, Chengwei Capital; CEO, Guan MediaSha Ye is the managing partner of Chengwei Capital. He is an active investor in internet and wireless platform, e-commerce, electric vehicle, and education. He is a trustee of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Education Development Foundation, the executive dean of Chunqiu Institute for Development and Strategic Studies, the cofounder and provost of San Si Institute, a senior fellow at the China Institute, Fudan University, a trustee of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, a member of Council of Global Advisors for Yale School of Management and a fellow at Aspen Institute.
Sha received a master’s degree in computer science from Wesleyan University and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Clay Chandler
Executive Editor, Asia at FORTUNEClay Chandler is Fortune’s Asia editor. He leads Fortune’s Asia-based conferences and is chair of Global Tech Forum in China and Brainstorm Design in Singapore. Based in Hong Kong, Clay oversees Fortune’s editorial operations throughout the region, and contributes feature articles, commentary, and news analysis to the magazine and Fortune.com. Clay writes two weekly newsletters: Eastworld, an analysis of developments in Asian business, finance, and technology; and Business x Design, which explores the transformative power of design in business.
Clay returned to Fortune after a six-year stint at McKinsey & Company. He worked previously for Fortune as Asia Editor in Beijing, and before that covered business, economics, and technology in the U.S. and Asia as senior staff writer for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. Clay has lived in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo, and reported from every major Asian capital. He speaks Japanese, is a graduate of Harvard University and a former fellow of Harvard’s John King Fairbank program on Chinese studies.
Tianlan Shao
Founder and CEO of Mech-mind Robotics Technologies Ltd.Tianlan Shao Founder and CEO
- Bachelor's degree from School of Software, Tsinghua University.
- Master's degree from Technical University of Munich (majored in Robotics and passed with high distinction and full-mark thesis).
- Worked for a famous collaborative robot enterprise in Germany for several years.
- 2020 Fortune China 40 Under 40.
Peng Shen
Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO at Waterdrop Inc.Mr. Peng Shen is our founder, and has served as the chairman of our board of directors and chief executive officer since our inception. Mr. Shen is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience and expertise in the technology and internet sectors in China. Prior to founding Waterdrop in April 2016, Mr. Shen joined Meituan (HKSE:03690), a leading e-commerce platform for services in China, at its early stage, and was one of the founding team members of Meituan Waimai, which provides food delivery services, and had served as business head of Meituan Waimai since July 2013 and led the launch and rapid nationwide growth of this business.
Mr. Shen was named to Fortune China’s list of the “2020 40 under 40” and Forbes Asia’s list of the “2017 30 under 30 in Asia”, both being annual selections of the most influential young entrepreneurs. Mr. Shen received a master’s degree in retail management from NEOMA Business School in France and an EMBA from Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management.
Yvonne Xie
New Media Executive Editor at FORTUNE ChinaYvonne Xie is the new media executive editor of Fortune China. She previously served as the managing editor of the business department for China Daily’s website and as senior manager of global communications for the Dalian Wanda Group. Ms. Xie is the co-winner of the 20th China News Awards for Best Interview. She graduated from Nankai University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Li Xu
Co-founder and CEO of SenseTimeDr. Xu Li is the Co-founder and CEO of SenseTime, a leading global AI company. Under his leadership, SenseTime has independently developed a deep learning platform and supercomputing centers, and launched a wide range of AI technologies which are powering many companies in industries like education, healthcare, smart city, automotive, communications and entertainment. Dr. Xu is currently an adjunct professor at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Prior to joining SenseTime, Dr. Xu worked at Lenovo Corporate Research & Development. Previously, he was a visiting researcher at Motorola China R&D Institute, Omron Research Institute, and Microsoft Research. Dr. Xu obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He holds a doctor’s degree in computer science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. With his doctoral research focusing on computer vision and computer imaging, Dr. Xu is well-regarded in the field. He has published more than 50 papers at top international conferences and in journals in the field of computer vision. Dr. Xu has won the Best Paper Award at the international conference NPAR 2012 and the Best Reviewer Award at the international conference ACCV (2012) ICCV (2015).
From 2017 to 2021, Dr. Xu has been listed in Fortune China’s 40 Under 40 for four consecutive years. In 2019, Xu received Hong Kong's InnoStars Award. In 2018, Xu was listed in the top 10 of Fortune's 40 Under 40. He was also the Technology Category Winner of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year China 2018.
Fang Wang
Executive Editor, Shanghai at FORTUNE ChinaFang Wang is Executive Editor, Shanghai, of Fortune China.
Before joining Fortune in March 2021, she spent 18 years at the Financial Times, holding multiple roles including online news editor (New York City), multimedia producer (London), and senior duty editor of the FT’s Chinese website (Beijing).
Fang graduated from New York University in 2003 with an MA degree in business and economic reporting. She received her BA degree in journalism from Fudan University in Shanghai in 1999. Between 1999 and 2001 she was a technology industry reporter at Shanghai Daily.
Tom Wang
Founder and CEO of Grace Laser TechnologyTom Wang, Founder and CEO of Grace Laser Technology. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Opto-electronics of School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering (SPIOEE) from Tianjin University (between 2001 and 2005) and a Master’s degree in Optical Engineering from Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), Chinese Academy of Science (between 2005 and 2008). He founded Grace Laser in 2014. He was awarded "Zhongguancun High-end Leading Talents" in 2019 and "Shaanxi Special Support Plan Leading Talents" in Science and Technology Entrepreneurship in 2020".
Grace Laser is a key&hard technology company in the main business of laser design, development and manufacturing. Since its foundation, Grace Laser has developed more than 10 series and 50 kinds of laser products. Especially ultrafast picosecond lasers, high energy lasers break the embargo of Europe and the United States and fill in the blanks of the domestic market at the same time. Grace Laser has exported to a lot of developed countries, such as Japan, Korea, Europe and the United States. Grace Laser has been approved by the National High-tech Enterprise, Zhongguancun High-tech Enterprise, ISO9001 Quality Management System and many other qualifications, with more than 60 patents and utility model patents. Grace Laser now has 130 employees, the average age is 31 years old and more than 30% of employees got master's and PhD degrees.
Billy Wang
Chairman and Founder of Shenzhen Tianxingyun Supply Chain Co., Ltd.Billy received gold medal of the National Olympic Mathematics Competition, held a bachelor's degree from Nanjing University, a master's degree from Melbourne University and a doctorate from City University of Hong Kong, and served as a visiting professor at Waseda University in Japan. Moreover, he was honored with the Top 10 Innovative Figures in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the 40 Business Elites under 40 in China. He proposed the cloud supply chain theory of "Marketization of Social Stocks and Socialization of Market Stocks". With 5 years of sustainable development, he has led Xingyun Group into a new economic unicorn.
With the mission of making global trading easier, Billy is committed to linking global commodities with digital technology, building industrial ecology, improving scientific and technological services, and enabling global commodities to increase traffic quickly and precisely. Xingyun Group has reconstructed the digital supply chain in consumer goods. It’s a leading one-stop, full-category, Direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital supply chain service in consumer goods in China.
Anqi Yang
New Media Associate Executive Editor at FORTUNE ChinaYang Anqi joined FORTUNE China in September 2014 as Senior Editor. From 2013 to 2014, Yang worked as a senior reporter of 《Caijing》Magazine, a famous Chinese business media. From 2009 to 2013, he worked as a senior reporter of 《Global Entrepreneur》Magazine, when he published 10 cover stories in four years. Before that, he also worked as a reporter of 《Beijing Business Today》from from 2008 to 2009.
Yang Anqi graduated from China University of Mining and Technology, and majored in Urban Planning. After graduation, Media Scholarship winner of Renmin University，EMBA Media Scholarship winner, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.
Wei Yue
Senior Editor at FORTUNE ChinaYue joined FORTUNE China in 2019. Before joining FORTUNE China, he was a Journalist for China Newsweek and Editor of China Times. In 2003, Yue graduated from Lanzhou University.
Derek Zhang
Executive Editor at FORTUNE ChinaZhang joined FORTUNE China in 2009, and was promoted to Executive Editor in 2013. Zhang currently have more than 2.9 million followers on LinkedIn. Before joining FORTUNE China, Zhang was Managing Editor of InformationWeek China. In 2004, he was admitted by Cambridge, Oxford and Carnegie Mellon University and chose to pursue MSc of Computer Science in Oxford. In 2005, he graduated with straight “A”s from Oxford University, gave up an early offer from a sub company of News Corporation in West London and came back home to continue his career in China’s media business.
Zhang has a BA in English & American Studies from Beijing Foreign Studies University and joined China Daily to work as a reporter and editor. In his earlier days, Zhang won the “best story award” from China Daily twice and played a key role in creating the ELT weeklies for the group. Zhang also got the Certificates of "Building a Business" course from Said Business School, Oxford University, and Finance Media EMBA Fellowship Program from PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University.
Yuxiao Wang
CEO of Chunyu DoctorA great lady and one of the inaugurators in the sector of China’s MHealth and online medical services founded Chunyu Doctor with partners and played a crucial role in business innovation and development. As well as worked in top brand international companies and national institutes include of SIEMENS (China) Medical System Group, the Fifth Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Group, and the Beijing Municipal People's government. Not only sparkled in the business market and career, but she also had great achievement in the academic field that obtained two master degrees from the School of Journalism, Renmin University of China, and Sotheby's College of Art, New York, USA.
Moreover, Ms. Wang has awarded many honorable titles for her remarkable contributions extensively, such as Meritorious Personnel of China's first lunar exploration project for his outstanding contribution to Chang'e-1 Launch Mission, Vice President of Beijing Youth Internet association, Director of Haidian District Women Entrepreneurs Association, TED’s China Speaker and Fortune China's 40 Under 40 list.
Wei Zhang
Associate Professor, School of Economics & Management (SEM) at Tsinghua UniversityWei Zhang is an associate professor with tenure at the School of Economics & Management (SEM) in Tsinghua University, Associate Director of National Entrepreneurship Research Center at Tsinghua University, and Founding Director of Tsinghua x-lab. He was a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar 2011-2012 and International Faculty Fellow at MIT Sloan School of Management, and visiting scholar at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2004. His research interests focus on entrepreneurship, venture capital and emerging industries. He has been the PI for three research projects funded by China National Science Foundation. He has published papers in Research Policy, Journal of Small Business Management, Management and Organization Review and top Chinese Journals. He co-authored the textbook of Entrepreneurial Management published by Tsinghua University Press. He has instructed student teams of Tsinghua University that won many awards in national and global entrepreneurship competitions, such as the championship of 2009 Intel + UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge (IBTEC). He was Price-Babson SEE-20 Fellow (2004). He is a member of Academy of Management and a founding member of International Association of Chinese management Research (IACMR). He received his Ph.D. of Management, M.S. and B. S. of Engineering from Tsinghua University.
Yiling Zhang
Chairman and CEO of Longwood Valley Medical Technology Co., Ltd.Dr. Yiling Zhang, graduated from Harvard University School of Medicine, postdoctoral researcher, doctor of medicine, has more than ten years of orthopedic clinical medicine and scientific research experience, published 16 SCI papers in the top international journals Neuron, Spine, etc., and has more than 100 domestic and foreign invention patents And computer software copyright, high-level overseas talents in Beijing, and postgraduate tutor of Peking University Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center, fully promote the development of China's new generation of artificial intelligence innovation talents.
Founded in 2018, Longwood Valley Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Longwood Valley). The company has the world's top AI algorithm team and an experienced medical-industrial team. It is the only company that has intelligent upgrade solutions about complete orthopedic preoperative planning, intraoperative assistance,navigation ,positioning and surgical execution procedures in the world.
Wei Zhou
Founding Partner at CCVWei is the founding partner of China Creation Ventures (CCV). He is a resourceful venture capitalist, a successful serial entrepreneur in technology, and a pioneer of Chinese digital payment industry. Before becoming an investor, Wei has accumulated more than 10 years of experience in technology innovation and business management. In 1993, Wei joined Fujian Start Group as a founding member and became the youngest executive officer. He oversaw the group’s corporate strategy and M&A and took the company to IPO on Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1996. He then served as the CEO and the Board President of Shanghai Hanbo Technologies. Under Wei’s management, Hanbo enjoyed years of rapid growth and was acquired at high valuation.
In 2007, Wei joined KPCB as a founding member and Managing Partner of the China office. During the 10 years at KPCB, Wei led the TMT investments in Greater China. Within the 29 TMT companies Wei invested in, 11 have become unicorns, 1 has achieved over 500x return, and 4 have achieved over 100x return.
In 2017, Wei founded CCV with the original TMT investment team at KPCB China. CCV sticks to “selective investments strategy” and focuses on early and growth stage investments Enterprise Solutions, Digital Healthcare, Advanced Technologies, and New Generation in China. CCV currently manages over 500 million in USD and 2.5 billion in RMB. Since its establishment, CCV has already delivered 2 IPOs and 4 unicorns (within which 2 are valued at over 10 billion USD). By far, under the “selective investments strategy”, Wei has successfully invested in at least 1 unicorn every year on average during his 14 years of investment career.
The star companies that Wei backed at early stages include:
• E-commerce: JD (NASDAQ: JD), WeCook.
• Social Network and Contents: Ximalaya, TanTan (Acquired by MoMo NASDAQ: MOMO), MetaApp, Asia Innovations Group, Joyrun, Colorful Pines.
• Fintech: CreditEase (NYSE: YRD), Rong360 (NYSE: JT), JD Technologies, IceKredit, Transsnet Finance.
• Artificial Intelligence: Perfect Corp., Cowa Robot, Quicktron, Hitbot, Singsound.
• Digital Healthcare: Shukun Technology, Arrail Dental, Yunhu Technology, Naxions, Rivamed, Jarvis.
• Enterprise Solutions: VenusTech (SZSE: 002439), Wanka Online (HKSE: 1762), Mininglamp Technology, Eccang, Ele007.
With his successful investment track record, Wei has been given numerous awards such as Forbes China’s Top 30 Venture Capitalists for four consecutive years, Fortune Top 30 Most Influential Investors of 2020, 36Kr Top 35 Investors Most Welcomed by Entrepreneurs, and Best Investor of the Year awarded by Zero2IPO and China Venture respectively.
Wei holds an MBA degree from the Wharton Business School and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He serves as the treasurer of China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (“CVCA”), and long-term entrepreneurship mentor at Wharton Business School, Tsinghua PBC School of Finance, and Zero2IPO Sandhill College.
Andrew Ng
Founder & CEO of Landing AIDr. Andrew Ng is one of the most recognized names in AI. He is the Founder and CEO of Landing AI, whose flagship product is an enterprise AI platform that allows customers to build and deploy AI-powered visual inspection solutions. Dr. Andrew Ng has helped two of the world’s leading technology companies in their “AI transformation”. He was Chief Scientist at Baidu, where he led the company’s ~1300 person AI Group and was responsible for driving the company’s global AI strategy and infrastructure. He was also the founding lead of the Google Brain team. Dr. Ng is also Co-Chairman and Co-founder of Coursera, the world’s leading MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platform, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University’s Computer Science Department. Dr. Ng has authored or co-authored over 200 research papers in machine learning, robotics, and related fields. In 2013, he was named to the Time 100 list of the most influential persons in the world. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, MIT, and the University of California, Berkeley.
Seth Zhang
Founder and CEO of MediTrust HealthSeth Zhang, founder and CEO of MediTrust Health, holds a Master’s degree in Medicinal Chemistry from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has extensive cutting-edge experience in medical payment innovation, pharmaceutical distribution, and retail sales. He was formerly the founder and Chief Operating Officer of SPH Health Commerce Company, Ltd., and a member of the core leadership team in BCG’s Chinese pharmaceutical industry, mobile medical and pharmaceutical e-commerce fields. In the four years since its founding in 2017, MediTrust Health has become a bellwether for innovative medical payment in China. It has established a diversified business system covering patient services, commercial insurance services, and pharmaceutical company services, and obtained multiple rounds of investment from Ant Group, Shanghai Biomedical Fund, and Sinovation Ventures. MediTrust Health has successfully built an "Internet + Medical + Pharmaceutical + Insurance" closed-loop ecosystem, dedicated to providing medical services and medication guarantees for more Chinese patients, and helping to promote the construction of China's multi-level medical security system.
Linzi Zhu
Editor at FORTUNE ChinaIn June 2020, Ms. Zhu graduated from Beijing Sport University with a bachelor's degree in Journalism and English. She joined Fortune as editor of Fortune China in July 2020 and is responsible for running Fortune China’s Weibo account, as well as the video planning and production. Since she began managing the account, the number of Fortune China’s Weibo followers have increased by 112% to a total of 1.44 million. Ms. Zhu has produced several videos that have each generated more than 5 million views.