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Calvin McDonald
Chief Executive Officer, lululemonCalvin McDonald is a growth-oriented leader with a proven track record helping large organizations scale, innovate, and elevate customer engagement in stores and across digital channels. Under his leadership, lululemon has delivered double-digit revenue growth annually, is on track to quadruple its international business from 2021 levels, and has accelerated initiatives to make 100% of lululemon products with sustainable materials by 2030.
Prior to joining lululemon in August 2018, Mr. McDonald served for five years as president and CEO of Sephora America’s, a division of the LVMH group of luxury brands, during a period of double-digit growth. Earlier in his career, Calvin spent two years as President and CEO of Sears Canada and 17 years at Loblaw Companies Limited, the largest retailer in Canada.
He earned his MBA from the University of Toronto and Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario. Born and raised in Canada, Mr. McDonald is an endurance athlete who frequently competes in ironman distance triathlons and marathons. He and his wife enjoy spending time with their four children.
Mr. McDonald serves on the Board of Directors of lululemon and The Walt Disney Company.
Yan Chen
Vice President and General Manager, Intelligent Building Technology Group, Greater China, HoneywellYan CHEN is named Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT) Greater China in July 2023, with full profit and loss responsibilities for the strategic business group’s operations and development in the region. As an industry pioneer, HBT supports building owners and operators build healthier, safer, energy-efficient, and sustainable facilities with total solutions of hardware, software, data, and services.
Yan joined Honeywell in 2005 and was appointed as General Manager of Process Automation Solutions (PAS) of Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) of Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT) for Greater China in 2013. In 2016, he was promoted to Vice President of HPS within Honeywell’s PMT strategic business group, where he was responsible for the production, operations, sales and strategic development of HPS in Greater China. He led teams to create digital, intelligent, and sustainability-focused solutions to meet the needs of Chinese customers and achieved year-over-year double-digit growth in the past seven years. During this time, he also served as Vice President of Sales for HPS Asia Pacific and a board member of Sinopec-Honeywell Joint Venture.
Yan has rich international work experience, with a global vision, strategic thinking, and cross-cultural project management expertise. Before joining Honeywell, Yan worked for Invensys (acquired by Schneider Electric) for nine years in Singapore and Malaysia. Prior to that, he worked for Yokogawa for five years in China and Singapore.
Yan has nearly 35 years of deep industry experience, including more than 10 years of global mega project management experience, leading and managing global teams and EPCs to successfully deliver on customer expectations. He is a seasoned leader in automation and controls, instrumentation and services, with solid technical and engineering background in different industries including petrochemical, oil, and gas, chemical and power generation.
Yan holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from National University of Singapore and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Automation from Xi’an Jiaotong University.
Zhiping Chen
Vice President, ZTE CorporationMs. Zhiping Chen brings over 20 years of expertise in wireless planning, R&D, and marketing. She is a prominent figure at high-profile customer communication events and represents ZTE in prestigious domestic and international technical forums like IMT2020, Mobile World Congress, and the 5G Industry Summit. Ms. Chen actively engages in technical collaborations with global organizations such as the GSMA and NGMN. Her influential presence extends to well-known domestic and international media and industries, earning her accolades such as the "Technical Figure of the Year" in 2017 from the China Communications Industry Association and "Leading 5G Figure of the Year" in 2018 by "Communications World."
Zhiyu Chen
Deputy CEO, MCGMr. Chen Zhiyu, currently Deputy CEO of METRO China and a Board Director of Dmall Inc., has over 15 years of management experience in financial, digital and retail industries in both China and oversea markets. He has extensive professional experience in FinTech and E-commerce during his career with Barclays Bank and Alibaba Group in London, Hong Kong and mainland China. Prior to joining WUMART Group, Mr. Chen Zhiyu was a Global Officer with Walmart, and have served on several leadership positions, including SVP of Sam’s Club China, SVP of Walmart China, as well as Board Director of Walmart Hong Kong. Mr. Chen Zhiyu graduated from Zhejiang University with Bachelor's degree in Engineering and obtained his Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Oxford.
Tammy TANG
Managing Director, Colliers China邓懿君女士是业内公认的领袖级营销专家，拥有逾20年的B2B跨行业营销经验。作为行业内少数的女性领导者，她带领团队屡创佳绩。邓懿君女士在营销战略、销售管理、投资策略等领域拥有前沿及深入的见解。同时，她致力于不断推动行业发展及培养新军。邓懿君女士勇于颠覆传统营销，积极拥抱数字化变革，推动行业数字化转型，重塑营销生态模型，目前已构建业内独一无二的数字化营销矩阵，引领行业以敏捷的数字化体系应对市场挑战。
邓懿君于1997年进入房地产行业，在广州经营住宅代理公司。2006年，邓懿君加入某外资大行担任业务经理，在上海正式涉足工商业地产服务领域。在个人业绩表现出色以后，邓懿君先后领导咨询、代理、投资等团队，完成众多重大项目，在公司获得个人和团队奖项无数，备受业内人士认可。2014年加入高力国际以后，通过人员梳理、业务线的调整以及人才引进和培育，她所带领的产业及工业团队在短短的三年内一跃成为行业领导者。2017年开始管理高力华西公司，在六个月内扭转公司在成都和西安的市场竞争局面。2018年晋升为中国区联席董事总经理，接管并负责调整华东业务方向。2019年，晋升为中国区董事总经理，全面带领高力国际在中国的所有业务的同时，邓懿君也直接负责招商引资、产业发展和城市发展咨询等工作。2020年疫情期间，逆势带领高力中国推出招商引资服务、推出文旅大消费业务及开办重庆分公司等积极拓展。2021年，基础于文旅大消费业务的成功，邓懿君顺势推出影视娱乐设施运营业务。
NICHOLAS GORDON
ASSOCIATE EDITOR, ASIA, FORTUNENicholas Gordon is a Hong Kong-based associate editor, where he assists with audience development and commentary coverage for the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining Fortune, he worked as a content manager for a Hong Kong-based think tank working on regional economic development issues. He has a masters in international relations from Oxford University and a bachelors in social studies from Harvard College.
Junli Gu
Vice General Manager, Chery AUTOMOBILE Co., Ltd.; General Manager, ZDrive.aiDr. Gu Junli, leading figure in autonomous driving in China and the United States, an international expert in artificial intelligence. Vice general manager of Chery AUTOMOBILE Co., Ltd. General manager of ZDrive.ai. Responsible for the global business development of autonomous driving.
From 2016 to 2017, she has been worked at Tesla (USA) as Head of Machine Learning, leading Autopilot AI team and successfully developed Autopilot 2.0 system and AI software system on FSD chip. From 2017 to 2020, she has been working at Xpeng Inc. as Vice President of the Autopilot R&D Center, she was in charge of the Sino-US team that led the design of the XPilot system, which became the leading system for autopilot in China.
She has been awarded more than 12 U.S. invention patents and published more than 18 high-level academic papers.
Bicheng Han
Founder and CEO, BrainCoBicheng Han is the founder and CEO of BrainCo. He is dedicated in the research and application using the technology of non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI). Bicheng found BrainCo in 2015, while he was pursuing his PhD degree at Harvard Center for Brain Science. The company has now grown into a world-leading brain-computer interface (BCI) company and the first unicorn among all BCI companies in the world. Their technology has been applied in multiple fields to help people with different needs, from neurological diseases like ADHD, Alzheimers, and Autism, to prostheses that help people with disabilities regain control over their body. For his contributions in the field of BCI, he was awarded the “35 Innovators under 35” by MIT Technology Review. He was also selected as one of the “Global Young Leaders 2023” by the World Economic Forum and "40 Under 40" list of business elites by Fortune China.
Hao Hong
Chief Economist, GROW Investment Group; Director, China Chief Economist ForumChief Economist of GROW Investment Group, Director of China Chief Economist Forum, Adjunct Professor of the People University and Kelly-Zijing School of Business. He was the head of research of Bank of Communications International, the chief global strategist of CICC, and worked in London, New York, and Sydney offices of Citigroup and Morgan Stanley.
Hao Hong was the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) brand spokesperson in 2016, and was voted No. 1 in macroeconomics and market strategy by institutional investors in Asiamoney poll. Bloomberg called him "the most accurate strategist in China", “the man who called China’s boom and bust”.
Hao Hong’s book "Forecast: Economy, Cycle and Market Bubble" was selected as “the 2020 Business Book of the Year” by FT Chinese, “the Most Valuable Business Book of 2021” by YiCai (the financial news arm of Shanghai Media Group) and “the Best Book of the Year” by Tencent Finance. Hong Hao was also awarded “Writer of the Year” by CITIC Press.
Bei HU
Vice President, Linde RGCBeing Vice President of Linde RGC, Bei HU is responsible for Linde East China Region and Clean Hydrogen.
The present role of Bei is to lead Linde East China region, which accounts for more than half of the entire business of Linde RGC. With the full responsibility for P&L, production, logistics and over 50 legal entities including JVs, it is the backbone for Linde’s current performance and its future growth. In addition, the Head of Clean Hydrogen is aiming at a significant growth opportunity for the organization, tapping into a completely new area to shape China’s new energy landscape based on unique Linde-technology offerings.
Prior to joining Linde, Bei took various roles within BASF respectively in Germany and Singapore, covering investment, marketing and strategy, technology, project management, controlling and planning. He was appointed vice president for business management at BASF in 2015, leading petrochemical and intermediate business.
Bei HU holds a bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a PHD of engineering, control and automation from Kassel, Germany. He earned an EMBA degree from Tsinghua/INSEAD.
Haiyan Huang
Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, AstronergyHuang is Astronergy’s Executive VP and Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), in charge of global technology research & development, production quality, and strategic operation management.
With rich experience in manufacturing management, and years of practice in Singapore’s semiconductor industry, Huang has taken a groundbreaking move to introduce semiconductor management mode to solar module manufacturing, making Astronergy the first solar power company that has adopted MES in the industry. By advancing solutions to mass production of high-efficiency modules, she plays an instrumental role in CHINT Group’s entry into EU high-end module market. She has presided over the building and running of the cell module factory in Thailand. In 2018, she played a leading role in the introduction of intelligent algorithms to EL quality test based on CHINT-Alibaba Cloud partnership, laying a solid foundation for Astronergy’s intelligent manufacturing. In 2022, she led the team to push forward n-type TOPCon and module R&D project and successfully increase cell efficiency to industry-leading level. The mass production of ASTRO N series marks Astronergy’s foray into n-type module manufacturing.
Gabriel Wong
Partner, Inbound/Outbound Leader, PwC ChinaWith 32-years of investment banking and M&A experience, Gabriel is PwC China Inbound/Outbound Leader, and Deals Markets Leader. He heads the PwC Corporate Finance of 100 professionals focusing on equity fund raising for Chinese company and lead advising M&A transaction for both foreign direct investment in China and Chinese outbound investment. Gabriel is also responsible to develop and execute PwC’s global cross-border activities for China corporates and B&R strategy by connecting the PwC China firm and the PwC global network across all related industries.
In the last few years, Gabriel has completed a number of high profile M&A transactions and infrastructure investment as well as city development projects in China, including US$5.6 billion acquisition of GE’s global home appliance business by Qingdao Haier, HK$10.6 billion acquisition of Dah Sing Insurance by Tahoe Investment, acquisition of Japan Sanyo by Qingdao Haier, Rmb 6 billion sale of Fujian Sedrin Brewery to INBEV, Lead PPP FA on Rmb 85 billion Shenzhen International Expo Center, PPP FA on Rmb 60 billion Jinan-Qingdao High Speed Railway, Lead FA on Rmb 50 billion Shenzhen-Baoding Cooperative Industrial Park, Lead PPP FA on Rmb 45 billion Fosun Zhejiang High Speed Railway, Lead PPP FA on Rmb 20 billion Chongqing Metro Line 3 etc. In 2007, he completed transactions with a total value of Rmb 172 billion.
Gilles Leclerc
President, Greater China and Mongolia, The Coca-Cola CompanyGilles Leclerc is President of Greater China and Mongolia of The Coca-Cola Company. Before this role, he was the President of The McDonald's Division (TMD) of The Coca-Cola Company.
With Leclerc’s leadership, TMD of The Coca-Cola Company has been growing business in nearly 38,000 restaurants in over 100 markets around the world. He was responsible for guiding the strategic direction of the division and execution of major initiatives in key areas of the world to deliver profitable growth the Coca-Cola systems and McDonald’s. Prior to this role, Gilles was the Senior Vice-President, TMD International.
Leclerc is a company veteran who joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1998 and went on to hold roles of increasing responsibility in France, China, Singapore and the United States. He led global customers teams such as Carrefour, Metro Group and Système U, in addition to serving as general manager, key customers, for The Coca-Cola Company in China. In this position, he managed top national accounts, both retail and on-premise, with responsibility for category management, trade marketing, finance, HR, supply chain and capability teams.
Before joining The Coca-Cola Company, Gilles worked in the marketing, banking and human resources sectors, in both the United States and France, his native country. Leclerc holds an MBA from The Barney School of Business, University of Hartford in Connecticut.
Kang Jia
Honorary Founding Dean, China Academy of New Supply-side Economics华夏新供给经济学研究院创院荣誉院长，中国财政科学研究院研究员、博导，财政部原财政科学研究所所长。北京、上海、福建等地方政府特聘专家、顾问或咨询委员，北京大学、中国人民大学、国家行政学院、中央社会主义学院等多所高校特聘教授。孙冶方经济学奖、黄达—蒙代尔经济学奖和中国软科学大奖获得者。
Mingzhong JIANG
Vice President, XCMG Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Mr. Jiang Mingzhong is a distinguished graduate of the China University of Mining and Technology and holds the esteemed title of Senior Engineer. With an impressive tenure of 28 years in the construction machinery sector, he possesses profound insight into the industry's dynamics and emerging trends. Throughout his illustrious career, Mr. Jiang has held pivotal roles encompassing corporate management, quality control, and business administration. His past positions include General Manager of Excavator Products, Deputy General Manager of XCMG Excavators, and Director of Business Operations for XCMG. He is presently serving as the Vice President of XCMG Construction Machinery Co., Ltd."
Chengjie Li
Chief Digital Officer, Mengniu GroupFrancis Chengjie Li is currently the Chief Digital Officer of Mengniu Group.
Ms Li is an expert in the field of digital strategy. Prior to joining Mengniu, she has been serving as Managing Director of Digital and Innovation of CapitaLand China, Co-Chief Growth Officer of Fosun Group and President of Fosun Alliance to spearhead the digitalization to increase the penetration of the companies’ products and services.
Furthermore, with the rich industrial know-how and experience in leverage with open innovation, she is accomplished in business process re-engineering to enhance productivity, while creating a new revenue avenue through digital transformation.
Francis Li holds master degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées France, and TONGJI University.
Holly Lei
Senior Vice President, Covestro Group; President, Covestro ChinaHolly Lei (Senior Vice President, Covestro Group, President of Covestro China) is the first local female leader for this position in Covestro China.
Lei started her career at Bayer MaterialScience (the predecessor company of Covestro) in 1999 as a technical representative, and has since increased responsibilities focusing on sales, marketing and R&D . She held various management positions in China, the APAC region and globally, and devoted her cross-industry insights and customer centric mindset to develop Covestro’s business globally.
As a seasoned leader strong at managing dispersed teams, Lei is also an affectionate people leader and excels at fostering an environment that allows people to flourish and develop to their fullest potential. As an avid ambassador of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Covestro, she is actively involved in promoting Female leadership in the workplace and DEI culture with outstanding contribution and social influence.
Lei holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Dalian University of Technology in China and a master’s degree in material science from Université de Sherbrooke in Canada. She has also received executive training at INSEAD Business School in France.
Lei is also a supervisory board member of GEA Group AG, Vice Chair of the Shanghai Chapter of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, and she was granted with several awards, such as 2020 China Women in Tech by Forbes, 2021 & 2022 China Most Powerful Women by Fortune, etc.
Jianyu Li
Vice Chairman, CEO, Hunan SteelLi Jianyu, Male, CPC member, was born in Xiangtan in May 1971. Mr. Li is Vice Party Secretary of CPC Committee of Hunan Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd, Vice Chairman & CEO of Hunan Steel (responsible for managing all routine work), Chairman & CEO of Hunan Valin Steel Co., Ltd. Mr. Li was awarded Model Worker of Hunan province in 2020 and a delegate to the 12thParty Congress of Hunan province. Mr. Li is the delegate to the 14th National People’s Congress.
From July 1994 to January 2022, he served as Plant Manager of Steel-rolling mill and Deputy CEO of Xianggang Huaguang Wire Co., Ltd. He was Vice Director of High-speed Wire Mill, Director of Bar Mill, Director of Marketing, Director of Procurement, Assistant to CEO, Deputy CEO, and Party Secretary, Executive Director (legal representative) & CEO of Xiangtan Steel.
From January 2022 to September 2022, Mr. Li took the role of Party Member of CPC Hunan Steel Committee, CEO of Valin Steel.
From September 2022 to date, Mr. Li takes the role of Vice Party Secretary of CPC Committee of Hunan Steel, Vice Chairman & CEO of Hunan Steel, Chairman & CEO of Valin Steel.
Nan Li
Deputy General Manager, Getech Technology Co., Ltd.Dr. Li Nan holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research expertise encompasses supply chain optimization and industrial artificial intelligence. With over 10 years of experience in implementing operational excellence and digital transformation projects in the manufacturing industry, he has served over a hundred manufacturing companies across various sectors, including semiconductor, new energy, and 3C electronics industry.
Michael LEE
Chief Digital Officer, Digital Science Group CEO, New Hope Group27 yrs experience on IT & DT industry.
Serve for Accenture 、Lenovo and Kingdee as high level mgmt. before NHG.
Now serve as NHG Chief Digital Officer，NHG Digital Science Group CEO , work as leadership of HQ & branch digital enhancement & digital business group operating.
Major focusing on Strategy & Biz Model enhancement 、Value Chain mgmt. & operating excellence，Digital Transformation Strategy design & implementation.
Major Industry on Modern Agriculture & Food 、Financial Service 、Real estate & Service、Medical & Health、New Energy & Environmental Protection 、Chemistry industry.
Rosa Lee
Executive Vice President, Bosch China Investment Ltd.; Board Member, Bosch ChinaMrs. Rosa Lee graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law with law degree, and obtained MBA from Kellogg School of Management – Northwest University & Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Having gained a breadth of leadership experience in several large multinational companies and accumulated more than 20 years’ experience in HR and business areas, Rosa joined Bosch in 2010 as the Senior Vice President Human Resources of Bosch China. From 2015, she is the Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources Management in Stuttgart Germany Bosch Global Headquarter. Starting from Feb 2019, she joins the Management Board of Bosch China as the Executive Vice President, responsible for Human Resources in Asia Pacific. She led the team to formulate talent strategies to boost business transformation. As a pioneer, she launched the first pilot in the industry by establishing the APAC HR Chief Digital Officer & other roles under this role within her team to enable the transformation of business and talents, transforming structure to serve strategy.
Richard Liang
Vice President, Sunwoda Electronic Co., Ltd.Bachelor of HUST, MBA of NKU, EMBA of CEIBS
Senior Engineer, Senior Economist, International Business Engineer
Vice Chairman of CIAPS, Vice Chairman of the Electrical Equipment Branch of CBIA, Deputy Leader of NLBIMES, Expert of ISO/TC 333/WG6, Director of Executive Committee of NABMIC, Vice Chairman of CBIEDP, Member of SZNHIICED
Local Level Leading Talents in SZ, Representatives of the 7th Bao‘an District PC, Members of Finance and Economics Committee of Bao’an District PC
Ph.D./Master Supervisor of Materials and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of CSU, Enterprise Tutor of School of Energy and Power Engineering, HUST, MBA Alumni Tutor of NKU, Adjunct Professor of WUT, Professor of HBUT
Cindy Liang
Managing Director, Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group; General Manager, Lenovo AcceleratorAs the leader of the Third Investment Department of Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group, Ying Liang built the Lenovo Capital Accelerator, created an advanced investment and accelerating methodology, which has become Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group's outstanding core-competitiveness in early tech investment field. Moreover, she leads the team build a vital ecosystem revolving around the early investment and it has become the hub between Lenovo resources，Lenovo capital，universities and entrepreneurs . The ecosystem has created many achievements. In the past two years, the team that she led has invested in 60 companies, including artificial intelligence, robot, big data and many other front-tech fields.
LANXIANG LIU
SENIOR EDITOR, FORTUNE CHINASince joining the editorial team of fortune China in June 2021, Lanxiang Liu has been mainly responsible for in-depth reports and comments in the field of big finance and real estate. At the same time, she has developed external KOL and participated in the daily operation of the platform in combination with the needs of fortune new media platform. Previously, she worked in institutions such as JD technology, 21st Century Business Herald and Reuters, and established Zhixin Asset Management Research Institute as a co-founder. In 2007, she graduated from the school of Journalism and communication of Peking University, and in 2005, she graduated from the English Department of Beijing International Studies University.
Xin Liu
Senior Vice President, SAP China and General Manager, SAP's High-Tech Industry Business Unit in ChinaMr. Liu Xin is an outstanding leader with over 18 years of experience in the enterprise software industry. Currently, he holds the position of Senior Vice President for SAP China and also serves as the General Manager of SAP's High-Tech Industry Business Unit in China. Mr. Liu Xin leads and manages the High-Tech Industry Group in China, which covering the high-tech, telecommunications, real estate and construction, retail, and chemical and new materials sectors.
With exceptional leadership and extensive expertise in the enterprise software sector, Mr. Liu Xin provides leadership and guidance for the company's strategic development and business growth. His outstanding achievements and profound influence in the business field highlight his significant contributions.
Liu Xuexin
Dean of College of Business Administration, Captital University of Economics and BusinessLiu Xuexin holds a PhD in Economics. Currently he is a professor and Dean of College of Business Administration, Captital University of Economics and Business. He also serves as the Executive Dean of China ESG Institute and the Dean of China Institute of Consumption Big Data, Captital University of Economics and Business. He also serves as the Deputy Director of Central Economic Committe of Jiusan Society and the Director of Beijing Economic Committe of Jiusan Society, and the Member of the 15th Beijing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Deputy Leader of the Budget Supervision Group；Vice Chairman of the Chinese Institute of Business Administration. Led research on more than 30 scientific research projects, including the Major Projects of the National Social Science Foundation. Published over 80 papers in academic journals and 9 monographs.
Leon Lu
Partner, Bain & CompanyLeon Lu is a Partner and expert in our Advanced Manufacturing & Services practice, based in Shanghai.
He has more than 15 years' consulting experience, with geographical focus in China and the rest of Asia.
Leon primarily advises industrial clients on large scale transformation, supporting multi-national and local clients in digitalization, operational improvement, organization restructuring and change management.
He is also a core member in our Energy & Natural Resources practice and Sustainability practice. He has helped many clients to develop their decarbonization and ESG strategy.
He holds a master degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an undergraduate degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Stephen MENG
President, Midea Building Technology Research Institute1. He has many years of management experience in research, R&D, product, operation and other positions in high technology companies, and has successively held senior management positions in well-known domestic and foreign companies such as Alibaba, Huawei, and Ericsson;
2. As the co-founder COO, founded Hangzhou Xingzhi Yunqi Technology Co., Ltd.;
3. During his tenure in Alibaba's smart building business department, as the R&D director, he led the team from 0 to 1 to complete the design and development of Alibaba's smart building platform products, and formed a solution and ecology team which implemented on Alibaba Parks, Industrial parks, commercial entities, and shared office projects with a whole-process standard system and cooperation ecology;
4. He founds the Midea Building Technology Institute, leads the team to build the iBUILDING Midea Intelligent Building Platform, helps the comprehensive digitalization and intelligent transformation of the business unit, and creatively proposes the Digitalization Engineering Procurement Construction Operation model, and continues to implement it;
5. He has rich practical experience and in-depth thinking in real estate digitization, smart buildings and digital platforms. He is the author of the book "Digital Intelligence Integration: The Road to Smart Building Transformation".
Xiaochuan Pu
Chief Economist, Yanchang Petroleum GroupPu Xiaochuan, PhD in Economics from Fudan University and Executive MBA from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. He is the Chief Economist of Yanchang Petroleum Group, Chairman of Yanchang Petroleum Yanyi Kechuang, selected by the National High-level Talent Program, member of Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), member of Shaanxi Provincial Decision-making Advisory Committee, financial advisor of Xi'an Municipal Government, member of Sichuan Provincial Government Decision-making Advisory Committee, co-founder of Pangu Think Tank, and academic member of Pangu Think Tank.
In 1991, he started to engage in the financial securities business, and for more than ten years, he has served as the principal person in charge of the main business departments and branches of the head office in two domestic first-class securities companies at that time. He was one of the first to obtain the qualification of securities trading, issuance, investment consulting, etc., and has been engaged in and in charge of all the current businesses of securities companies. Worked as a member of several medium and high-end think tanks. After years of accumulation and refinement, he has formed a comprehensive capability of "being strategic in the macro, thinking clearly in the meso, and taking actions in the micro".
Dany Qian
Global Vice President, JinkoSolarDany Qian is a Global Vice President of JinkoSolar, one of the world’s largest solar panel manufacturer. As part of Jinko’s leadership team, Ms. Qian has extensive experience on scaling businesses in the solar industry and led the execution of JinkoSolar’s market positioning strategy through the company’s transformation into an industry leader. Dany Qian has been very active in the global sustainability conversation and she is also one of the most widely recognized executives in the solar industry.
Ms. Qian has been a core member of the B20 Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development Group for eight consecutive years since 2016, including being elected as Co-Chair of the B20 German taskforce on Energy, Climate and Resource Efficiency in 2017, as well as B20 India taskforce on Tech, Innovation and R&D in 2023. Ms. Qian was the only PV representative invited to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Workshop on Climate Transition and Sustainable Finance in 2020. Ms. Qian was also invited to attend the Green Recovery Seminar hosted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In September 2019, Ms. Qian was invited as the only Chinese entrepreneur representative to attend the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit held at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA, to discuss how renewable energy can help achieve climate goals. Prior to that, Ms. Qian represented the clean energy industry at the "Low Carbon Action by Enterprises" side event at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference to witness the signing of the Paris Agreement.
Clay Chandler
EXECUTIVE EDITOR, FORTUNE ASIAClay Chandler is Fortune’s Asia editor. Based in Hong Kong, Clay oversees Fortune’s editorial operations throughout the region, contributes feature articles, commentary, and news analysis to the magazine and Fortune.com, and leads the Asia- and China-based conferences. Clay writes Eastworld, a twice-weekly newsletter with analysis of developments in Asian business, finance, and technology. 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 Mandarin and Japanese, is a graduate of Harvard University and a former fellow of Harvard’s John King Fairbank program on Chinese studies.
Tianlan SHAO
Founder, CEO, Mech-Mind Robotics Technologies Ltd.Tianlan Shao is the founder and CEO of Mech-Mind Robotics. Tianlan Shao is committed to drive the ubiquity of intelligent robots. Prior to launching Mech-Mind Robotics in 2016, Tianlan Shao joined a leading German collaborative robot company. He is an expert with extensive experience in the research and development of the most advanced collaborative robot. In 2020, Tianlan Shao was honored by FORTUNE in 40 under 40.
Tianlan Shao received a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Software from Tsinghua University, and Master's Degree in Informatics (focusing on robotics-related areas) from the Technical University of Munich with highest honor.
FANG Wang
EXECUTIVE EDITOR, SHANGHAI, FORTUNE CHINAWang Fang 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.
Zhigang Wang
Vice President, Secretary of the Board of Directors, Huaqin TechnologyMr. Wang Zhigang is currently Vice President of Huaqin Technology and secretary of the Board of Directors. He also serves as a member of the 15th CPPCC Committee of Nanchang City and the 13th CPPCC Committee of Jiangxi Province.
Mr. Wang Zhigang has over 18 years of experience in the consumer electronics industry and has held various positions at Huaqin Technology, where he was responsible for and successfully implemented the company's IPO main Board listing. He is currently responsible for leading the company's marketing and business planning, securities affairs, investor relations, and has extensive experience and deep insight in the areas of corporate development, strategy, marketing and products.
Allen Xiong
Vice President, Gotion Global of Gotion High-TechAllen Xiong (1980-) graduated from Bei Hang University (BHU) and University of Illinois. He is the Vice President of Gotion Global of Gotion High-Tech., in charge of Gotion Global Marketing Center.
Participated in many university-enterprise cooperation projects and national 863 science and technology projects; served as a special reviewer for ASME and 15 papers in SCI, EI, Chinese core journals was published. He was responsible for the analysis and research of electric vehicle dynamics, simulation and optimization of chassis dynamics of light cargo vehicles, hybrid power system development and control, etc. Besides, he owned 18 years of engineering development experience in the field of new energy.
He has led and participated in the product planning and engineering design development of several hybrid models, pure electric models, and energy storage systems. 12 years of experience in the development of new energy power batteries and triboelectric systems. He was contributed to the construction of new energy experimental platforms, the introduction of hybrid system joint venture platform technology and the localization development of power battery.
He is currently responsible for product planning and design development of passenger vehicle, commercial vehicle, and energy storage battery systems in Gotion. According to APQP and GVDP vehicle development process, he manages battery system development plans, progress, and issues, including product system design, function development, manufacturing, and process development.
YVONNE XIE
NEW MEDIA EXECUTIVE EDITOR,FORTUNE CHINA- Economic Strength: Manufacturing, the Driving Force
- The "New Era of Going Global" for Chinese Enterprises
Yvonne 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.
Jieting Xu
Chairman, CEO, WIMI Biotechnology Co., Ltd.Jieting Xu, Chairman & CEO of WIMI Biotechnology Co., Ltd. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in botany from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and a PhD in genetics from Huazhong Agricultural University. She is dedicated to the research, transformation and application of genome editing technology and biological breeding technology in modern agriculture. From 2009 to 2017, she worked at Syngenta Biotechnology (China) Co., Ltd. and China Seed Group Co., Ltd., and has more than ten years of experience in R&D, industry, and management in the field of biotechnology breeding. In 2017, she co-founded WIMI Biotechnology, and quickly established a high-throughput, genotype-independent gene delivery and gene editing technology system for more than a dozen crops, such as corn, soybean, cotton, wheat, indica rice, etc. She has published more than ten papers in SCI journals, and obtained more than twenty authorized invention patents. In 2023, WIMI Biotechnology was listed as one of the most socially influential start-up companies in China by Fortune magazine.
Anqi Yang
NEW MEDIA ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE EDITOR, FORTUNE CHINA- SEV: Fostering Collaboration in the Smart Electric Vehicle Industry Chain
- Wrestling “future industries”
- Closing remarks
Yang 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.
Jesper BRODIN
Chief Executive Officer, Ingka GroupJesper Brodin is the CEO of Ingka Group. His career with IKEA spans over 20 years, and he stepped into his current role in September 2017. Before being appointed CEO, Jesper was Managing Director at IKEA of Sweden/Range & Supply, which is responsible for the development of the product range and supply chain of the IKEA Brand.
Jesper’s career at IKEA started in 1995 with a purchase manager role in Pakistan; not long after that he became Regional Purchase Manager for South East Asia. In 1999, he took on the assignment of assistant, both to IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad and to Anders Dahlvig, who was CEO at that time.
Jesper was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, and holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
Dongxing Yin
Vice President, SVOLT; General Manager, Dr. Octopus Intelligent TechnologyYin Dongxing, as the vice-president of SVOLT and the general manager of Dr. Octopus Intelligent Technology, he is also responsible for processes, equipment, trial production, and intelligent manufacturing sectors. He has 17 years of experience in the power battery industry,. Since the industrialization of the first generation of power batteries, he has been responsible for planning, equipment development, import and other large-scale projects of more than a dozen lithium battery factories at home and abroad, and the process development and process innovation of the whole series of products. Also he has led the development of the world's fastest blade battery high-speed laminating machine and high-speed assembly line, the independently developed third-generation laminating machine has increased the efficiency of single chip production from 0.5 seconds to 0.125 seconds. With the advantages of large-scale, extremely simplified, integrated and intelligent manufacturing, he has assisted in the mass production of SVOLT short blade battery cells and Dragon Armor Battery Pack.
YUE WEI
SENIOR EDITOR, 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.
Frankie Yuan
Co-founder, SMECMr. Yuan graduated from University of California, Berkeley and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has extensive investment experiences in clean energy and smart car industry. Mr. Yuan has worked for GAC for more than 16 years where he served as the CEO of GAC Capital since 2019. In 2023, Mr. Yuan joined Semiconductor Manufacturing Electronics Corporation (SMEC), a leading semiconductor company in MEMS, IGBT and MOSFET. As a co-founder of SMEC, Mr. Yuan is responsible for SMEC's capital operation and investment ecology. He also serves as the Chairman of UNT Power, a company focusing on SiC products and solutions under SMEC.
In 2019, Mr. Yuan began to build his investment network, focusing on clean energy, smart cars and digital transformation in the automotive industry. He constantly integrated advanced technology with the traditional auto supply chain. His goal was to discover, invest in, and empower outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises in the new energy and smart automotive industry ecosystem. He aimed to support and facilitate the rapid growth of invested companies, ultimately creating outstanding investment returns.
With the insights in the automotive industry, Mr. Yuan has been recognized as one of Chinese Top 40 Business Elites Under 40 by Fortune China (2022), F40 Chinese Youth Investors by Pedaily (2022), Golden Engine Chinese capital celebrities in automotive industry by 21-Century Economic Report (2022), the most influential VC investors by CVCRI (2021) and annual celebrities investor by FOF League (2021).
Cash Zhou
Founder and CEO, YQNWith more than 20 years of experience in international logistics，Cash Zhou is recognized as one of the earliest pioneers in the field of ‘Digitalization & International Logistics’ in China. He founded YQN as a global digital logistics professional，and introduced the mission of "Created to Simplify Shipping" for YQN .
Cash Zhou has received several prestigious honors and awards, including the "China Logistics Entrepreneurship Leader Award," "China Shipping Celebrity List," "Top 10 Shipping Internet Field Award Winner," and "Top 10 China Shipping Technology Award Winner."
YQN offers a comprehensive range of transportation services including sea, air, rail, sea-railway multimodal container, trucking, customs clearance, insurance, overseas warehouses, destination port services, and other selective transportation resources worldwide. These resources are integrated into high-quality and reliable industry logistics solutions.
Continuously exploring and innovating in the fulfillment process, YQN help export-oriented businesses reduce overall logistics costs by providing online price-checking, online booking, online fulfillment, end-to-end visibility, and task-driven operations.
YQN's extensive network of 25 branches across Latin America, Southeast Asia, and North America，and has partnerships with top shipping companies like Maersk and COSCO shipping，to access over 95% of the world's major shipping routes and ports. This extensive coverage ensures that YQN can effectively serve their clients' shipping needs globally.
Janice Tsang
Head of Innovation Office，Porsche ChinaJanice was born in Hong Kong and raised in England. Before joining Porsche China, Janice was an excellent lawyer in a global top law firm, serving APAC based client on litigation. In 2014, she joined Porsche China and relocated to Shanghai and set up the company’s compliance team and system. In 2018, she took the challenge and was appointed as the Head of Innovation Office.
In the past 5 years, with the team led by Janice, Porsche China became a key force of transformation, including these key results:
- Curating immersions and forums for top management to build awareness of China significance and customer needs, which paved way for the extended local capability in China.
- Developing China innovation projects across a wide portfolio of customer experience, intelligent enterprise, in-car experience and sustainability technology, which were widely adopted by customers and dealers and adorned with local innovation awards.
- Connecting Porsche to local innovation ecosystem and initiating the first Porsche Innovation Accelerator program in 2022 which funneled 100 startups into 8 successful PoCs.