Dr. Hui Cao is the Chairman and Founder of REPT BATTERO Energy Co., Ltd. He has steered the company to success since its founding in 2017, overseeing the development, production, and sales of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and advanced energy storage systems. He led the largest investment project and major investment construction project in the research and development and production of large-capacity lithium batteries in Zhejiang Province, with a project investment of more than $909 million, and has built a smart factory with an annual output of 26GWh, with an output value of more than $1.4 billion.

Dr. Hui Cao is a distinguished engineer and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the battery and battery materials industry. He has led two major 863 Program projects, applied for 80 patents (with over 50 granted), and published over 20 papers, including 5 in SCI journals. He also led the development of Wending battery technology featuring batteries with higher density, improved safety, and faster charging speed. He led the REPT BATTERO "high-performance lithium-ion battery entrepreneurial team" successfully selected into the 2020 Zhejiang Province leading entrepreneurial team.

He earned his Ph.D. at the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has won the 2009 Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Star Program (Class A), the 2014 Shanghai Space Administration Ten Outstanding Young People, the 2015 Shanghai May Fourth Youth honorary title, the 2015 Shanghai Science and Technology Invention Award third prize, 2017 Shanghai Excellent Technology Leader, 2019 Wenzhou Outstanding Talent and other honors.

Mr. Gaven Chai is Vice President of Honeywell Industrial Automation (IA) and General Manager for China. As a member of the top management team globally, Mr. Chai is responsible for leading the overall operation and management of IA in China and driving the implementation and development of core strategic businesses in the Chinese market. 

Honeywell Industrial Automation (IA), with a deep history in industrial automation that spans more than five decades, is dedicated to providing comprehensive solutions to empower process industry operations, optimize asset performance management, enhance personnel and environmental safety, and promote automation transformation across various industries. While deeply rooted in China, Honeywell IA continues to implement the key strategies of “East for East” and “East to Rest” to effectively drive the localization process. 

Mr. Chai has over 20 years of expertise in the automatic identification sector as well as rich experience in corporate management. He joined Honeywell in 2009 and has been taking on leadership roles ever since. Prior to this, Mr. Chai served as China President of Honeywell Safety and Productivity Solutions (SPS). Under his leadership, Honeywell SPS established extensive partnerships with manufacturing companies across multiple industries. These collaborations were instrumental in addressing business challenges, developing lean production systems, and realizing intelligent production and operational processes - to empower the transformation and upgrade of smart manufacturing for enterprises.

Clay 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.

Chen Dingding is a Professor at the School of International Studies at Jinan University, a doctoral supervisor, and the Associate Dean of the Institute for Belt and Road Initiative and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Studies, and the Institute for 21st Century Silk Road Studies at Jinan University. He is also the Founding Director of the Intellisia Institute, a newly established independent think tank focusing on international affairs in China. He served as the Vice-President of the International Studies Association for the Asia Pacific region from 2014 to 2018. Currently, he is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, Germany, and at the SAIS of Johns Hopkins University. He is also a Fellow at the Tsinghua Center for Global Studies. His research interests include international relations theory, China-US relations, Chinese diplomacy, and international public opinion. He earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2007. Before joining the University of Macau as an Assistant Professor from 2009 to 2016, he was a China and the World Program Fellow at Harvard University (2006-2007) and a Visiting Instructor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College (2007-2009).

Chen Dingding’s main academic works include the book “Help the World Understand CHINA,” the edited volume “International Relations Forecast: Theory and Practice,” and translated works such as “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?” and “Why Nations Fight: Past and Future Motives for War”, among others.

He has published numerous academic articles and political commentaries in various national and international journals, including International Security, The Washington Quarterly, and International Studies Quarterly.

Additionally, he is a columnist for the renowned international affairs English-language magazine, The Diplomat, a member of the 11th Council of the Guangdong People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and was recognized as one of the “Highly Cited Chinese Researchers” by Elsevier in 2022 and 2023.

Hui joined the leading home furnishing brand IKEA in 2010, and with 15 years of experience in IKEA, Hui has acted as Global Category Leader in IKEA of Sweden, New Business Manager in IKEA Purchasing Operation Area East Asia, Platform Development Leader in IKEA of Sweden and now she is the President of IKEA Supply Area East Asia, based in Shanghai.

She is a leader with excellent leadership, international view, and innovative thinking. Over the past decade, she successfully introduced Chinese office chair manufacturers into IKEA comprehensive product development system, through a global sourcing strategy. Starting from scratch, she built a new business team in East Asia and led the team to successfully introduce new materials such as recycled PET, and renewable plastic PLA to IKEA. Led the development of modular platform for IKEA's table and chair series, which accounted for 10% of IKEA global business volume. This platform innovation significantly reduced product development time while enhancing efficiency and quality. And now, Hui's leadership elevated her supply region to the top position in IKEA's global rankings, to develop and support the supply business for IKEA products in East Asia. Her series of achievements have not only made an indelible contribution to IKEA global business growth but have also made a positive impact on the optimization, upgrading, and development of the furniture industry in China, as well as the circular economy development.

Graduated from Xi’an Jiaotong University with a Bachelor’s Degree of Industrial Design and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden with a Master’s Degree of Production and Operation Management. In October 2023, Hui was ranked in "Fortune" China Most Power Women Future List for 2023.

Ms. Siyuan Chen has been Vice President, General Manager of Bristol Myers Squibb for China & Asia Cluster, President of China since January 2023, to take on responsibilities to oversee Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Southeast Asia markets.

Siyuan is a true leader, full of passion for people and patients. With strong leadership and rich experience in both China and international markets, she has a clear strategy for Bristol Myers Squibb to be a bio-pharma leader of innovation in China & Asia Cluster and is committed to accelerating the realization of Bristol Myers Squibb’s vision - transforming patients' lives through science in the region.

Since joining Bristol Myers Squibb as the President & General Manger for China in December 2019, Siyuan has demonstrated strong leadership which was pivotal in strengthening the local talents and organization in China. In 2020, Siyuan has led Bristol Myers Squibb China team to successfully formulate and launch the “China 2030 Strategy”. Through a series of innovative access models, Bristol Myers Squibb China accelerated the introduction of a variety of global breakthrough medicines or indications into China, improving patient access in the core areas of oncology, hematology, immunology and cardiovascular. The company also has built up strategic partnerships with a diversified range of stakeholders to bring more innovative medicines to more patients in China and around the world faster. Meanwhile, Siyuan has led to strengthen the talent strategy around the corporate values of “Integrity, Innovation, Urgency, Passion, Accountability, and Inclusion”. She placed great importance on the development of local talents and proactively worked to expand the organization. As a result of her vision, Bristol Myers Squib was awarded as “Top Employer China” for three consecutive years, awarded “Best Workplaces™ in Greater China” as well as “Great Place to Work® in China” several times, and the “2023 DEI Employer® Awards (China)”.

As a leader committed to shaping the industry environment in China, Siyuan is currently the Vice Chairman of the 6th Council of the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment (CAEFI), a member of the 2024-2025 Executive Committee of CAEFI’s R&D-based Pharmaceutical Association Committee (RDPAC), and the Vice Chairman of the China Association of Pharmaceutical Commerce (CAPC).

In recognition of her commitment and influence on the industry, Siyuan was awarded by Fortune, the world’s leading business media, as one of China’s 50 Most Influential Business Leaders in 2023 and was awarded by Harvard Business Review as one of China New Growth Pioneering Champions in 2023. She has also been named to the Fortune China Most Powerful Women (MPW) list and the Forbes China 100 Outstanding Businesswomen list for consecutive years.

Prior to Bristol Myers Squibb, Siyuan held several senior management roles at GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis. She also worked for the Boston Consulting Group as a consultant. Siyuan received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Fudan University, an MBA degree from the Columbia Business School, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts.

Xudong Chen is currently the Chairman and General Manager of IBM Great China Group (GCG) and is accountable for overall performance of IBM GCG across multiple business units. 

Xudong Chen is a transformational and transboundary business leader with over 30 years of management experience across industries and cultures. He started his career as a software engineer in 1992 and progressed to achieve an outstanding track record of business leadership, bringing proven results of growth within an environment of transformational dynamics. 

Prior to IBM, Xudong Chen assumed senior management roles in Lenovo, Meituan, Yangtze Memory and other companies, where he accumulated rich management experience and business expertise. In his 24 years with Lenovo from 1993 to 2017, his career spanned marketing & sales, channel management, business operations, quality management and regional management, covering PC, smart phone, and global services businesses. During his tenure as the President of Lenovo’s China CEO, Xudong Chen led the charge in driving Lenovo’s rise to the absolute leader in China’s computer market. 

Between 2017 and 2022, Xudong Chen took senior leadership roles in Sanpower, Meituan and Yangtze Memory.

Xudong Chen obtained his Bachelor's degree in Statistics from Peking University in 1989 and Master's degree from the same university in 1992. He completed the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program at China Europe International Business School in 2007. He and his family currently live in Beijing.

Silvia Ding has been appointed Managing Director for Maersk Greater China Area, effective 1 January 2024. Before this, she held the position as Senior Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer for A.P. Moller - Maersk since April 2021, and joined the Maersk Executive Leadership Team in December 2022. Silvia served as Global Head of Ocean Products for Maersk Line in Copenhagen, Denmark from January 2017 to April 2021.

Silvia Ding joined Maersk in 1999 and has held various management positions in China before becoming tManaging Director of Maersk Filipinas in 2010. She then became Regional Chief Financial Officer for Maersk Line North Asia Region from 2011 to 2014 and was appointed Managing Director of Maersk Line South China the following year. Her last position before moving to Copenhagen was Vice President and Managing Director of Maersk Line Greater China, based in Shanghai, from January 2016.

Ms. Ding is a Chinese national. She holds a master’s degree in business administration from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Lars Eckerlein is General Manager, ABB (China) Limited, and Country Holding Officer, ABB in China. In these roles, Lars is responsible for ensuring ABB’s local compliance and serves as a spokesperson for ABB in China.

Lars joined ABB China as Chief Financial Officer in 2015 from EY where he was a partner for Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services and previously for Assurance and Advisory Business Services.

Lars has worked in Germany, USA and China, and has been based in Beijing since 2004. He is an active member of the local business community, having served as Treasurer of the European Chamber of Commerce and currently serving as Vice President of the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Lars has passed professional qualifications as US Certified Public Accountant, German Certified Public Accountant and German Tax Advisor. He has a degree of European Master of Management from EAP European School of Management (now ESCP Europe).

Feng Xingya, born in 1969, holds a master degree of business administration. Currently, he serves as President of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd.(GAC). Mr. Feng Xingya was titled as “Excellent Individual in GAC ’s 10-Year Development” by CPC Guangzhou Committee and Guangzhou Municipal Government in March 2008, and also won the award of “National Excellent Model Worker of China’s Machinery Industry” by China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and China Machinery Industry Federation in 2009. He won the title of “Entrepreneur for Safety and Health” by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in May 2018. In August 2022, he was awarded as 2022 China’s Best CEO by Forbes China.  

Ms. Fu Xin joined China Ping An Insurance Group Co., Ltd in 2017. She is the Company’s Senior Vice president, the Director of the Group’s Strategic Development Center, and the Director of Ping An Asset Management. Ms. Fu Xin joined Ping An Group as the General Manager of the Group Planning Department in October 2017, served as the Vice Chief Financial Officer of Ping An Group from March 2020 to March 2022, and the Chief Operating Officer of the Company from March 2022 to September 2023.

Before then, Ms. Fu Xin served as a Partner at Roland Berger Management consulting Financial Services Practices and an Executive Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers，with extensive experience in strategic planning and business transformation in Finance, Technology, Internet, Healthcare and other sectors.

Dr. Justin Gong is the Co-founder of XAG. Graduated from Université Paris Dauphine, Justin specializes in rural economics and agricultural innovation research. For more than 10 years, he has been dedicated to promoting and scaling up digital technology in agricultural production world-wide. In 2016, Justin Gong founded XAG Academy, which so far has trained more than 140,000 talents for smart agricultural application. Before joining XAG, Justin was a documentary film producer in Australia.

Alex Gu serves as Senior Vice President and President of Medtronic Greater China. Based in Shanghai, he is a member of Medtronic Executive Committee since January 2018.

Previously Alex held the role of Vice president of Regional Growth Initiatives and was business leader for Greater China Minimally Invasive Therapies Group (MITG). He joined Medtronic in 2015 upon the close of the Covidien acquisition.  At Covidien, he was President of China region and had overseen all the businesses and functions since 2009.

Before Covidien, Alex was in various leadership positions at McKinsey & Company, General Electric, and Sabic, both in the United States and China. He started his career as a member of the GE Edison Leadership Program (ELP), then served several roles with increasing responsibilities within GE Healthcare in the U.S.

As one of AdvaMed China Council's founding members, Alex was elected Chairman of the AdvaMed China Board in January 2023. He holds the role of Independent Non-Executive Director of a Hong Kong-listed pharmaceutical company.

Alex's contributions to healthcare industry earned him the prestigious Shanghai Magnolia Award in 2021. The 14th Health China Forum named him one of the Top 10 Healthcare Leaders in 2022.

Alex holds an MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute China Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Dr. Guo Liang, is the CEO and chief scientist of AEROFUGIA of Geely Technology, Deputy Director of Intelligent Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology Research Center of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, leading talent listed in the National 10,000 Talents Program of China, scientific and technological innovation and entrepreneurship talent of the Ministry of Science and Technology, recipient of the May Fourth Medal in Sichuan Province and candidate for academic and technical leader of Sichuan Province.

Dr. Guo Liang has long been engaged in the development of various unmanned aerial systems, the research of cutting-edge unmanned systems technology and the construction and delivery of overall solutions of unmanned systems. He has won the first prize of Military Science and Technology Progress, May 4th Youth Medal in Sichuan Province, China's 40 Business Elites Under 40 Years Old of Fortune and other honors. At present, he is focusing on building the eVTOL industry, including urban air travel, low altitude logistics and other sectors.

Colin JAMES, was appointed as Managing Director of Airbus Helicopters in China effective from 1st September 2022. Prior to this appointment, he was the Managing Director of Airbus Helicopters UK.

Colin started his career at Airbus Helicopters in the Design Office in 1992. Since then, he has amassed a great wealth of experience in the company. He participated in some key and successful international programs since 2001; managed all Communication and Navigation systems development contracts across the full range from 2006; appointed as the Vice President Engineering Test, Simulation and Services in 2009. From 2014 and onwards, Colin has been focusing on increasing the industrialization of the company in UK and responsible for all business activities of Airbus Helicopters in UK.

His focus is now firmly on the successful development of China’s helicopter market in close cooperation with our Chinese industrial stakeholders, network partners and customers.

Colin is a computer scientist, with 2 grownup children, who enjoys both cycling and motorcycling, when not skiing.

Lawrence Jin is Deloitte Global Chinese Services Group Leader and Deloitte C2G (China to Global) Leader. Lawrence initially joined Deloitte London office and became a partner with Deloitte China in 2005. He has more than 28 years of service experience in Deloitte, UK and China. He was on secondment in the UK leading UK Chinese Services Group in 2008-2010. In that capacity, he advised Chinese companies entering European markets as well as European companies operating in China in a wide range of areas including strategy, M&A, tax and regulatory compliance and audit. In his role as Deloitte Global Chinese Services Group Leader and Deloitte C2G Leader, Lawrence coordinates Deloitte resources across more than 150 countries and regions and assisting the Chinese enterprises’ globalization. GCSG has over 3,300 Chinese speaking professionals and local experts who understand Chinese business culture across the 6 continents. This dedicated network is committed to providing professional advice and comprehensive solutions to Chinese companies going global and multinationals coming to China. Lawrence is the LCSP of a number of Deloitte Global / China priority accounts including state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and foreign enterprises. Lawrence is the Honorary Professor at the Adam Smith Business School of the University of Glasgow, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Chairman of the ICAEW China Committee, and a member of both the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). 

Jing Guangjun, Male, Han nationality, born in June 1972 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.

He is the Doctor of Engineering, Associate Professor and Senior Economist, currently working as Chairman of the Board， secretary of the Party Committee of Guangzhou Industrial Investment Holdings Group Co., Ltd and member of the 13th Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He has been engaged in the research of integrated artificial intelligence applications for a long time and is committed to collaborative innovation in the fields of intelligent manufacturing and industrial Internet applications.

He has presided over and completed more than 10 national, ministerial (provincial) and municipal scientific research projects, presided over and completed more than 30 "digital city" and "smart city" application research and development projects, and won the national, provincial and municipal scientific and technological progress awards for many times.

Gilles Leclerc is President of Greater China and Mongolia Operating Unit 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. 

Li Sheng, Ph.D., senior engineer, registered structure engineer, registered consulting engineer (Investment), registered safety engineer, President of the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute. He also serves as the Vice Chair of the China National Committee on Large Dams, Vice Chair of the China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Investigation and Design Association, as well as member of the Expert Advisory Committee on Provincial-Ministerial Joint Development of National Clean Energy Demonstration in Qinghai. With over 30 years of experience in renewable energy, he participated in developing the 13th and 14th Five-Year Plans for the hydropower and renewable energy development. He has led the technical reviews of major national hydropower projects, such as the Baihetan Hydropower Station, and spearheaded research on key technical issues in the design of ultra-high arch dams, among other provincial and ministerial scientific research projects. His achievements have earned him the first prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award from the Chinese National Committee on Large Dams and the China Hydropower Engineering Society, as well as the National Silver Award for Excellent Engineering Design. He holds the titles of Survey and Design Master in the power sector and Strategic Scientific Talent of China Power. He frequently featured in the mainstream media such as CCTV, China Electric Power News, and Economic Daily, in forms of interviews and articles.

Mr. Will Li, President of Linde Greater China, is responsible for Linde’s overall business management and development in Greater China.

Will joined the legacy Praxair in 1994 and worked for Shanghai Praxair-Baosteel Inc., then a joint venture. Over the past decades, he held various senior management positions in Praxair China and Asia, from which he has derived extensive expertise as Director of Applied Technology and Director of Marketing and Product Management at Praxair China, and later Director of Product Management at Praxair Asia. He was appointed Vice President of Praxair East China in October 2010 and President of Praxair Greater China in June 2015.

In 2019, Praxair Inc. merged with Linde AG to form the New Linde Company. In December of the same year, Will was appointed President of Linde Greater China.

Will has a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Northern Jiaotong University and master’s degree in Business Administration from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

梁湖清，广州市建筑集团有限公司党委书记、董事长，俄罗斯工程院外籍院士，享受国务院特殊津贴专家，教授级高级工程师、经济研究员，博士。从事工程建设领域相关工作30余年，获得中国建筑业十大杰出贡献领军企业家、全国工程建设领域科学技术杰出成就奖、中国经济百名杰出人物、全国省市优秀援疆干部人才、建筑业品牌管理十大杰出贡献领军人物、广东省优秀企业家、广州市“岭南英杰工程”后备人才等多个荣誉称号，连续4年带领广州建筑集团入选《财富》世界500强企业榜单，2024年位列第361位。

Liu Hui, male, born in 1981, with a master's degree, has long been engaged in finance management, investment operation, and risk control in large shipyards under China State Shipbuilding Corporation. Currently, he is the general manager of CSSC Cruise Technology Development Co., Ltd. and the chief executive officer of Adora Cruises Co., Ltd.

At the end of 2023, the China-built first large cruise, Adora Magic City, was put into operation, and President Xi Jinping gave a heartfelt compliment in his "New Year's Speech". Up to now, Adora Magic City has successfully operated 50 voyages and served more than 200,000 guests from over 30 countries and regions. Starting from the construction and operation of Adora Magic City, Adora has gradually grown into an Asian cruise flagship enterprise and explored a distinctive "Chinese model". With the clear deployment of the second China-built large cruise in Guangzhou, the fleet layout of Adora Cruises in BTH, Yangtze River Delta, and Greater Bay Area has basically taken shape. Adora will continuously expand the fleet and enhance the operation capacity with the strategy of “Operate a fleet of vessels, Build a batch of ships, develop a new generation platform”, undertaking the grand mission of developing China's cruise industry.

Helen Liu is a partner in our Advanced Manufacturing & Services, Customer Strategy & Marketing and Performance Improvement practices, based in Shanghai. 

She mainly advises multinational clients across China, focusing on the automotive, machinery and medtech sectors. Her most recent engagements have involved strategy, performance improvement, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and operating model transformation. 

Notably, Helen has led a China-based commercial excellence project for one of the world's largest machinery firms, generating >15% annual growth over 3 years. 

Apart from her client work, she is our Greater China Women at Bain champion and is also deeply involved in our Greater China MBA recruiting efforts. 

Prior to joining the firm in 2011, she worked in operations and  technology for Citibank. She also worked in the tax department of another top consulting firm. 

Helen holds an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and an M.S. from Nanjing University.

Luke Lu is Citi Country Officer and Head of Banking in the People’s Republic of China. He is responsible for all of Citi’s business and franchise operations in China and is based in Shanghai. Luke is also President and Board Director of Citibank (China) Co., Ltd. (“Citi China”), Citi’s locally incorporated entity in China.

Luke is a Citi veteran with 25 years of banking experience in Hong Kong and Mainland China. He joined the firm in 2002 in Shanghai. During his career with Citi, Luke has held various senior leadership positions including Chief Operating Officer for China Global Banking, Head of Commercial Banking and most recently he led the corporate banking coverage of the large local corporate client segment.  Luke was also Branch Manager for Citi in Tianjin and Shanghai for a few years.

In addition, Luke heads Citi China Green Finance Working Group.  The Group coordinates franchise efforts to assist our clients navigate the challenges and embrace the opportunities as the world heads towards a low-carbon economy while also contributing to Citi’s global ESG goals.  Luke is also a strong advocate of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion).

Luke holds a bachelor degree of Computer Science from Fudan University.

Otis has a long and proud history in China – dating back more than 130 years. Today, the region is marked by rapid urbanization and the rise of the digital era, granting Otis new and ongoing opportunities to deliver innovative solutions to its customers.

As President of Otis China, Sally is responsible for evaluating and responding to these market dynamics to ensure continued growth and development of the Otis business in China, while focusing on the digital transformation across our Service, field installation, manufacturing and enterprise operations. Based in Shanghai, she leads her teams to develop and implement strategies that drive customer satisfaction and ensure the safe, comfortable and reliable riding experience they have come to expect from Otis.

Sally joined the Otis family more than two decades ago, and has held roles of increasing responsibility across Asia. She was named CFO of Otis China in 2015, COO in 2022, and Executive Officer of Otis Worldwide Corporation and President of our China region in 2023.  

She holds a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and an MBA from the University of Manchester (UK).

Niu Jian, Party Secretary and Chairman of Hangzhou Industrial Investment Group Co., Ltd.

Mr. Niu Jian, with a master's degree and a Senior Economist，joined Hangzhou Industrial Investment Group in August 2022, serving as Deputy Party Secretary, Vice Chairman, and General Manager. Since January 2024, he has held the positions of Chairman and Party Secretary of the group. Prior to this, Mr. Niu served as Deputy Director of the Hangzhou Development and Planning Institute, Deputy Party Secretary, Deputy Director, and Chief Engineer of the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of  Economy and  Information Technology.

Mr. Niu has extensive experience in industrial research and state-owned capital investment operation. During his tenure, he led Hangzhou Industrial Investment Group to become the first state-owned enterprise in Hangzhou to enter the Fortune Global 500. He also has been committed to leading the company to contributing to the construction of the five industrial ecosystem of Hangzhou City, as well as the generating of new quality productivity.

彭建国，中国国资国企研究院院长，国资委中央企业智库联盟创盟副理事长兼秘书长（司局级），国务院国资委研究中心原副主任，国企管理智库副理事长，中国资本50人论坛常务理事，浙大、北师大、中山大学客座教授，央视特约财经评论员，研究员，博导，著名经济学家，部分行业协会和央企高级技术职称评审委员会主任。国务院国资委厅局级干部20多年，先后在国家计委、国务院生产办、国家经贸委机关和国资委研究中心工作。

Ms. Rita Ren is a prominent figure in China’s business community, recognized as one of the most outstanding female leaders in the industry. With over 20 years of experience, she has achieved significant success in marketing and sales, fueled by her deep insights, innovative thinking, and exceptional leadership.

As the first female General Manager of Diageo China, a global leader in spirits, Ms. Ren has significantly expanded the whisky market share through strategic channel and product placements, leading her team to achieve double-digit growth in net sales. In a traditionally offline-dominated spirits market, she has pioneered new development models, including digital marketing and the integration of “spirits + instant retail,” driving innovative transformations within the industry.

Before joining Diageo, Ms. Ren held key leadership positions at P&G and JD.com. As Vice President of JD Retail Group, she led the B2B and B2G segments across all FMCG categories, guiding her team to surpass $5 billion in retail sales. During her tenure as Vice President of Omni-Channel at P&G, her strategic acumen and market insights were instrumental in reclaiming Pampers’ top position in China’s diaper market, setting a new benchmark for the transformation of traditional industry giants.

Ms. Ren is known for her inclusive and diverse leadership style, consistently inspiring her team to reach new heights. Committed to fostering the next generation of business leaders, she serves as an invited mentor for MBA alumni at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management and as an MBA course mentor at Fudan University and the University of Hong Kong. Through these roles, she has played a significant role in nurturing talent and driving growth throughout the industry.

Alyson Shontell joined Fortune in October, 2021, as its new editor-in-chief. She previously served as editor-in-chief of Business Insider. She joined Business Insider in 2008 as the company's sixth employee. She started as a sales planner before joining the editorial team in 2010, where she became a startup reporter and was first to cover some of today's largest tech companies, including Pinterest, Tinder, Instagram, Uber, and Snap. She rose to become a senior correspondent, then executive editor. She was appointed editor-in-chief in 2016 and became the youngest and only woman to run a global business publication. Under her leadership, the business division grew to hundreds of millions of monthly readers. Ms. Shontell was the host of Business Insider's conferences and launched a podcast, Success: How I Did It, where she interviewed influencers about their career paths. She has appeared on the major media and has interviewed media personalities, technology leaders, politicos, and sports star LeBron James. She is a judge for the prestigious Gerald Loeb awards in business journalism and has been named one of Min's Rising Stars in Media and Folio's 2017 Top Women in Media. Ms. Shontell graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, where she majored in psychology and advertising.

Jianguang Shen, Ph.D., is the Chief Economist of JD.com and adjunct professor at Fudan University. Previously he was the Managing Director and Chief Asia Economist of Mizuho Securities. Dr. Shen was Senior Economist at European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, where he took the position of monitoring and analyzing the Chinese and Asian economies. Dr. Shen also held economist and senior economist positions at the IMF, OECD, CICC and Central Bank of Finland, in addition to being a visiting scholar at PBOC and Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Shen is Global Chief Economist and Head of Global Institute for Supply Chains, Guangfa Securities. He served as Chief Executive Officer of GF Holdings (Hong Kong) Corporation Limited between 2019 and 2021. Before joining GF in 2017, he served as Chairman and Chief Economist at CEBM, Caixin Insight Group between 2015 and 2017. He served as Managing Director, Head of China Research, and Greater China Chief Economist at Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited between 2009 and 2015. He was Chief Economist at CAIJING magazine from 2008 to 2009. He took the role of Chief Economist and Director of Economic and Market Analysis at Citibank (China) Co. Ltd between 2005 and 2008. He taught at the China Center for Economic Research, Peking University, where he served as Associate Professor from 2002 to 2005. Dr. Shen also worked as a research fellow at two government policy arms from 1988 to 1994, the Research Center for Rural Development, and Development Research Center, both under the State Council. He received his doctoral degree in economics from Stanford University in 2001.

Ian Shih has served as President of Rockwell Automation China since July 2018, responsible for overall business operations in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Ian Shih is the first Chinese president of Rockwell Automation China.

Since joining Rockwell Automation in 2008, Ian has accumulated rich cross-regional and cross-cultural management experience in China, North America, South America, and Europe. After taking office as the president of China, Ian led the team to actively promote the implementation of smart manufacturing and ESG practices in the China market in the vison of industrial upgrade and net-zero achievement, as well as the globalization for eco-partners.

Ian Shih holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in manufacturing business management from Pennsylvania State University. In addition, Ian Shih was also selected as the country advisor of Expert Group of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Industry Alliance of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vice President of Shanghai Overseas Economic and Technological Promotion Association, Vice President of Shanghai Yangtze Delta Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Promotion Center, and Vice President of Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Association.

Shu Hai joined Haier Group in 1995 and acted as head of development department, quality department, overseas marketing department of washing machine industry. Since 2009, he became the general manager of Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co., Ltd. Since 2014 till 2024, he has been the vice president of Haier Smart Home and the general manager of the washing industry. From 2024, He is vice president of Haier Smart Home and the general manager of the global R&D platform.

Mr. Sun Dalu is currently the Assistant President of China National Offshore Oil Corporation(CNOOC). Born in October 1968, Mr. Sun obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Geophysics from Exploration Department of China University of Petroleum (Huadong), and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from University of International Business and Economics. 

Mr. Sun also owns a senior professional title of Economist. Mr. Sun joined CNOOC in August 1990 and served in multiple positions, including Acting General Manager and General Manager of China Offshore Oil (Singapore) International Pte Ltd., General Manager of Marketing Department and General Manager of Oil and Gas Marketing Department of CNOOC, as well as President of CNOOC Petrochemicals Import & Export Co., Ltd. 

From December 2013 to April 2024, Mr. Sun successively served as President of CNOOC Marketing Company, President and Chairman of CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.,General Manager of the Strategy and Planning Department of CNOOC. Mr. Sun has taken the current position of Assistant President of CNOOC since November 2017.

Dr. Chun Wu is the Managing Partner of BCG Greater China,  leading the business in this region. 

Since 2021, she has led BCG's expert team in Greater China to  provide consulting service for hundreds of leading multinational  companies and large local Chinese enterprises, help clients tailor  solutions to meet their business objectives, empower organizational  growth, and actively drive corporate transformation and  sustainability. 

Dr. Chun Wu is also a senior expert in healthcare industry. She has  served various multinational and local healthcare clients on  strategic and operational topics, covering healthcare reform impact  and growth strategy; R&D, especially new technology platforms; goto-market and business excellence; commercial excellence and  digital transformation; and organization change. 

In addition, Dr. Wu Chun is a frequent guest speaker at various top  business forums. Recently, she has been invited to attend high-end  forums and conferences such as the China Development Forum,  Boao Forum for Asia, Summer Davos, Fortune Global 500 Summit,  and World Artificial Intelligence Conference, leading industry  trends on cutting-edge topics such as business innovation, digital  economy, and sustainable development. 

Dr. Chun Wu holds a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from  Peking University and a PhD in genetics from Yale University.

Mr. Zhijin Xia is currently a Managing Partner of Vertex Ventures China and one of the three founding partners.

Zhijin leads early-stage investments in technology-driven innovation, with a specialty in semiconductor chips, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing.

Some of his prior investments include PlayNitride[TWSE: 6854], Horizon, Geek+, ViewTrix, EigenComm, Unitree, Agilex, AIForceTech, DeepVision, Wisson, Thor, EasyMove, etc.

Zhijin holds a Master’s degree in Information and Communication Engineering and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Information Engineering from Tsinghua University.

Mr.Xiao Zhiping holds a master's degree in economics from Jinan University and is a senior economist. He now serves as the Chairman of Guangdong Guangxin Holding Group Ltd. Mr.Xiao holds the position of Vice President at the Guangdong Enterprise Confederation. Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Provincial Enterprises dispatched by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Guangdong Province. Mr.Xiao was the Deputy General Manager of Guangdong Silk Textile Group Co., Ltd., as well as the Deputy General Manager of Guangdong Guangxin Holding Group Co., Ltd. Additionally, he concurrently served as the Chairman of Guangdong Silk Textile Group Co., Ltd. Mr.Xiao has extensive experience in state-owned capital investment and operation management. During his tenure, he led the mergers and acquisitions of multiple listed companies, facilitated the implementation of numerous major investment projects, and possesses a wealth of experience in state-owned enterprise reform and capital investment management.

Weiming Xiang has dedicated most of his career to GE and China's aviation industry, driving business development and strengthening communication between GE Aerospace and stakeholders in China to meet local market demands. By developing and executing China market strategies and leveraging GE Aerospace's global scale and leading technologies, Weiming focuses on achieving long-term sustainable business growth in China, the single-largest country market outside the U.S.

With profound insight and vision for the Chinese market, Weiming has led his team to successfully accomplish localization over the past 30 years at GE. Under his leadership, GE Aerospace has achieved growth in the number of engines in service from 300 to 7,700 and established four joint ventures in the Greater China region. achieving a growth in the number of engines installed in China from 300 to over 7,700, but also establishing four joint ventures. He played a key role in the establishment and initial operation of the Aero Engine Maintenance Training Center (AEMTC) in Guanghan, Sichuan Province, China. Additionally, he provided strong support for China's first regional jet aircraft, the ARJ21, and the first domestically produced large aircraft, the C919, building solid long-term partnerships with leading enterprises in the Chinese aviation industry.

Weiming started his career at the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), where he worked in various roles, including engineer, journalist, and head of public relations. Joining GE in 1992, Weiming has held leadership positions in GE Aerospace, Transportation, and other business units across China and the U.S., covering market development, sales, service, product project management, and business development strategy. Since 2010, he has served as President of GE Aerospace Greater China and was promoted to Global Vice President of GE in 2014. He took on the expanded role of Vice President, President & CEO, GE China in 2020.

As President of GE China, Weiming led the aviation, healthcare, and energy sectors, fostering business development through continued localization and deepening relationships with governments and partners at all levels. Additionally, as a key member of the leadership team, Weiming supported GE’s transition as it completed its split into three public companies on April 2, 2024, with GE Aerospace trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as a standalone company under the ticker "GE".

Weiming is the first GE China president with a Chinese education and the first leader developed within China to rise to the position of regional leader. His journey spans from team member to project leader with a global vision and local practice, covering strategy and operations, and focusing on business and team development. His career reflects both his personal achievements and GE's commitment to actively practicing localization and cultivating local talents. Based on these experiences, he was appointed as advisor to the governor of Shaanxi Province, and economic advisor to the governor of Hubei Province.

Weiming graduated from Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, China, with a bachelor's degree in Aircraft Engine Design. He is also a graduate of the GE Technical Leadership Program (TLP) and GE Global Marketing & Sales Program (GMS), and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

Robin Xing is a managing director at Morgan Stanley who joined the Firm’s Asia ex-Japan economics research team in 2016 as Chief China Economist, leading the firm’s macro and FX research on China. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he was an investment strategist at Goldman Sachs’ investment management division. Previously, he worked as director of China macro research at S.A.C Capital, and vice president and economist at China International Capital Corporation. Robin’s team was ranked #1 for Economics from 2021 to 2024 in Institutional Investor All-Asia survey, and he has written extensively on China’s long-term economic outlook, including the Urbanization 2.0 in China, the supply chain transition in a multipolar world, and the transition of China’s capital flows. He has presented his views frequently to senior policymakers in China.

Zhang 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.

Mr. Li Zhong has extensive international experience in the healthcare, retail, and consumer goods sectors. He has served in senior executive positions at prominent businesses across the UK, Europe, Asia, and the US, with a broad range of responsibilities that include operation leadership, corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions, and equity investments.

Mr. Zhong joined WBA in 2008. He assumed the role of President of Asia Pacific in 2021, responsible for WBA’s extensive regional portfolio, including directly managed businesses, joint ventures as well as equity and fund investments. Mr. Zhong currently serves as Vice Chairman of Guoda Drugstore (China's leading pharmacy chain with over 10,000 stores). Additionally, he is a Standing Committee Member of the China Association of Pharmaceutical Commerce (China’s industry body for pharmaceutical distribution and retail pharmacy).

Prior to his current role, Mr. Zhong was WBA Group Vice President of Global M&A and Development at its global headquarters in Chicago, where he played a key role in driving the Group’s strategic deals focusing on healthcare services and digital innovations, including the oversight of WBA's corporate venture arm and fund investments.

Mr. Zhong’s previous boardroom experience includes serving on the boards of several pharmaceutical services and healthcare technology companies in the US, Europe and China. Before joining WBA, he held several management roles at Procter & Gamble UK/Europe.

Mr. Zhong earned his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics with Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Nicole Zhou is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company with over 20 years of consulting experience in banking, asset management, and insurance. She currently leads McKinsey’s Financial Institutions Group in China, and McKinsey’s Retail Banking Practice across Asia. Nicole advises domestic and international banks on their growth strategy and transformation. Her areas of expertise include wealth and asset management, retail banking, digital innovation, customer experience, organization, etc. Nicole also advises global banks and financial institutions on their China strategies and partnerships.

Nicole also leads McKinsey’s Client Capabilities Network (CCN) in Asia, heading a team of 2,000 professionals across more than 20 offices in the region, and has established expertise centers in twenty key industry and functional areas. In China, she combined McKinsey's classic methodologies with digital training approaches to establish the McKinsey China Academy, empowering large-scale capability building for Chinese enterprises and employees, while also supporting the capability enhancement of social welfare groups.

Nicole is the main author of a series of white papers including: “The Phoenix Rises: Remaking the Bank for An Ecosystem World – McKinsey Global Banking Annual Review”; “McKinsey China Banking Quarterly”; “China Banking Transformation and Innovation”, etc.

Ms. Zhou holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor's degree from Fudan University.