APEC Women Leadership Forum 2019

Dr.QIU Yuanping, PhD of jurisprudence. Standing Committee Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC), Deputy Director of the Committee for Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Affairs. She served as Minister of the State Council's Office for Overseas Chinese Affairs;Deputy Standing Director (Minister) of the Office on Foreign Affairs for Central Committee of Communist Party of China; Deputy General Secretary and Head of Policy Research of the International Department of CCCPC.

María Carolina Cuevas Merino is a Commercial Engineer from the Universidad de Chile and a Master in Management and Development of Services from the Adolfo Ibáñez University. During 2017 she worked as a Researcher at the Experiences and Service Center (CES) of the Adolfo Ibañez University (UAI) Business School, and as Guest Professor at the UAI Corporate Development Center. She was also vice president of the Board of Directors of RedMad, Women in Senior. She has over 20 years of experience in executive positions in financial services companies (Banks, Subsidiaries and Pension Funds Administrator), she has worked in areas of quality and customer experience; management models, product development, risks, financial advice, management of commercial networks, management control and price intelligence. She was evaluator of the Chilean Model of Excellence. She was part of the programmatic teams of President Piñera's government program 2018-2022, integrating the Women's Commission.

Ma Li is the President of China Internet Development Foundation, the former Chairwoman of People.cn Co., Ltd, and former Deputy Editor-in-chief of People's Daily.She holds a degree of Master of Arts. As a Senior Editor, she has won several China News Awards. She is a member of theTwelfth CPPCC National Committee, a member of the Eighth National Committee of Chinese Writers`Association.

She has published more than 20 academic collections, such as Strengthening the Party's Construction, Use and Management of New Media, and Weibo: Major Changes in the Production and Dissemination of Network Culture. She is the author of 3,000 Orphans and Prairie Mother, Pursuit of A Plant and A Man, New Platform for Internet Governance,Traditional Mainstream Media Public Opinion: Guidance and Innovation Research,Years, Society, Man and Young Blood.

Ms. Li Dang has transformed Genertec from a trading company into a holding company with multiple business lines while serving as CEO from 2005 to 2018, and substantially increased the company's revenue from 10.7 billion RMB ($1.56 billion) in 2005 to 150 billion RMB ($22 billion) in 2018, and profit from 660 million RMB ($96.5 million) in 2005 to 6.05 billion RMB ($885 million) in 2018. Genertec has been listed in Fortune Global 500 multiple times.  Ms. Li Dang has been awarded China Top 10 Business Women of the Year, China Top 10 Outstanding Women, Special Award for China Top 10 People in Economics, Most Powerful Women of China and Asia-Pacific by Fortune.

Ms. Li Dang attaches great importance to the fulfillment of social responsibilities, actively participates in the administration of state affairs, conducts research on state-run enterprise reform, medical reform, education, environmental protection and other economic construction and hot issues of people's livelihood, and offers advice and dedication to the relevant departments.

Olympic champion, table tennis grand slam winner, who won eighteen world championships and four Olympic championships during her fourteen years illustrious career. She was the top-ranked woman in the world for eight consecutive years from 1991 (The longest time for continuously top-ranked female table tennis player, the record was kept by her). After her retirement, she obtained her bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University, master's degree from the University of Nottingham and doctorate from the University of Cambridge. She stood on the International Olympic Committee’s athletes commission, sports and environment commission and ethics commission during 1997 to 2010. She was hugely influential in the promotion of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. During 2004 to 2009, she served on the Sport Equipment Centre of the General Administration of Sport of China, and also held the post of Deputy Minister of the Olympic Village and Deputy Chairman of the Olympic Village Minister’s office of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, and provided logistical support for the successful hosting of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

In June 2016, she initiated a ¥5 billion sports industry investment fund, which was China’s first sports investment fund named after famous athletes.

As President of Fonterra Greater China, Christina Zhu leads all aspects of the company’s consumer, food service and farming businesses in the mainland of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Christina Zhu holds an M.B.A. with honours from Columbia Business School, and a B.A. degree from Beijing Foreign Studies University. She is a Fellow of the inaugural class of the China Fellowship Program at the Aspen Institute, as well as the first Chinese moderator for the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

She began her writing career at the age of seven, and her first book got published two years later. Jiang Fangzhou was admitted to Tsinghua University in 2008. She published her essay “The Trial of Childhood” on People’s Literature. She was rewarded People’s Literature Award for that essay, which “combines sarcasm with sharp criticism and puts the spirit of game and honest analysis together.”

Some of her featured works: selected essays Growing Up, The Official History of An Odd Kid, I admit that I never lived, and One Year in Tokyo; short stories collection The End of the Story Has Been Told in The Beginning. Jiang Fangzhou’s writing is focus on a generation of Chinese youth, herself included, who are “kidnapped by this era.”Besides writing, Jiang Fangzhou is also active in other cultural initiatives. She has been host/guest for several online-programs and is one of the most influential public features of the younger generation in China.

Musician, born in Beijing, Master's degree from the Chinese Conservatory of Music. As one of the iconic figures of pop music in mainland China, Ye Pei, Gao Xiaosong, Lao Lang and other musicians have jointly created the ballad era in campus. Their songs have become the collective memory of the certain generation.
She was hugely successful in her new album "Falling in love with you on the Road", released in 2017, and won several important awards, including the best female singers of the year on the 2018 Pop Chinese Songs.

As member of the national committee of CPPCC, Standing Committee of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce, Chairman of China Furniture and Decoration Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman of Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yuexing Group, Ding Zuohong leads more than 20,000 employees of Yuxing Group to continuously expand in the fields of urban commercial complex, furnishing chain, house customization, cultural tourism industry, industrial manufacturing and develop Global Horbar & Yuexing Furnishing Mall nationwide, making contributions to the development of the real economy and the better life of people.

Four-time Academy Award nominee & Two-time Oscar Winner Director, Writer & Producer. Mr. Clarke has been making films since the early 1980s, he regularly works as a studio 'script-doctor’ and is a visiting professor at UCLA Film School. Clarke has made films in more than 80 countries and his work has won awards from the DGA, WGA, DGC, Cable ACE, EMMY and the Grierson Prize from BAFTA.

Wu Sheng is a distinguished researcher of Chinese Internet industry who provides original business methodologies and theories to entrepreneurs. He has published Context Revolution, Xtreme IP and Xspecies which have influenced Chinese New Economy enterprises remarkably. Wu Sheng’s Business Methodology has become a significant annual speech of business trends.

Mr. Wu is one of the co-founders of Luogic Show and Suiyue. He is also a permanent adviser of JD.com. Simultaneously, he is engaged as a guest professor of Peking University School of New Media and an EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence) of Columbia University. Mr. Wu explores worldwide business innovations. Case studies of Amazon, Netflix, TSUTAYA BOOKS, Xiaomi, and Blue Bottle Coffee are influential in Chinese business.

HAN Xiqiu, a senior researcher from the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources. She was the first female chief scientist in China leading scientific research cruise investigating the mineral resources in the deep sea. She made outstanding achievements on the study of seafloor polymetallic sulfide resources, marine gas hydrate, deep sea polymetallic nodules and seamount Cobalt-rich crusts. She has received various awards, including the Government Special Allowance of the State Council, National advanced worker, National "March 8th" red flag bearer, China's young women scientists award.

Sue Kench is the Global Chief Executive of King & Wood Mallesons. She leads the development and implementation of the firm’s international strategy and is responsible for integrating the firm’s international operations. Central to her role is ensuring that the service the firm delivers is of real value to its clients and people.
Sue oversees the firm’s International Management Committee which is responsible for setting the firm’s strategic priorities and international business plans.

Sue was appointed Global Chief Executive following four years as Chief Executive Partner, Australia, where she led a very successful growth agenda.

Gloria Ai, a bilingual media personality, investor, and the founder of iAsk Media. She is the China Charity Ambassador and Global Brand Ambassador for her home city of Huangshan. She is listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, and being called as Chinese female version of Forbes. As an investor, she is focusing on Technology and Media area.

Ms Biber was previously the Chief Executive of AustCham HK & Macau; and was previously a Board Member. She was a key player in the formation of the AustCham Greater China initiative and the development of Australian Business Asia, a group of business organisations across Asia. She was the Chairman of the Judging Panel in the 2016 and 2018 AustCham Westpac Australia-China Business Awards.

After leaving the Chamber, she was the Country Manager HK for the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) MBA Program as part of her portfolio of activities.Ms Biber has enjoyed a stellar career in all forms of the communications business – Integrated Marketing, Public Affairs, Media Relations and Digital Communications both in Hong Kong, across Asia, the UK and Europe and Australia.

A recognized face of VOGUE Italy website homepage in succession. Been on the New York Times of the United States for precise transmission of the connotation of clothing. Worked with many fine brands worldwide as co-artist, such as Benz, Huawei, GC, Rio Tinto Group, GUERLAIN, Swarovski, etc.

From supermodel to the businesswoman, as founder of her personal brand Miss Yolanda and as an investor, step by step, Yolanda Huang has been trying to expand her professional role across borders and make a breakthrough in diversified life. She has a profound insight into her different missions in each identity that all relate to ‘beauty’. “The mission as a supermodel is to show beauty, while as a jewelry designer, it is to create beauty and as an investor and brand founder, it is to develop beauty and to engage in aesthetic research and art collection, it is to inherit beauty.”

Michelle Cao was the Head of R&D Finance and Controlling of a Global Fortune 500 company (Asia Pacific) with a master’s degree in Finance. In 2011, she returned to China and started her own business with her husband. In 2015, she founded VPhoto. As of October 2018, VPhoto has cooperated with over 4000 photographers whose services cover 176 Chinese cities and 16 other countries. She is known as the “Queen of internet image from China”.

Cindy take fully charge of Focus Media digital transformation, Big Data system development etc.. The group's digital transformation strategy which is under her leadership makes Focus Media Group become the world's largest smart media platform based on life scenes driven by data and smart technology.

She has 20 years of experience in the media advertising industry and has pioneered several industry standards, including the outdoor media monitoring system and the Infosys OOH rating system for outdoor TV ratings. She serves as vice President of China advertising association, vice director of the academic committee of China advertising association, and is also the judge of many domestic and foreign advertising awards such as New York Festival and London International Award. She was elected to be the representative of the 12th national congress of the Chinese women in 2018.

CHEN Qing Judy, JP, is currently the Chairman of UNICEF HK, Chairman of Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong, and Chairman of Hong Kong Hua Jing Society. She is also a Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Shanghai Committee (CPPCC) and Honorary Chairman of Wolong Panda Club, China. In 2013, she was appointed as Advisor to the United Nations Under-secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and as a Standing Member of the Advisory Group of the Development Cooperation Forum where she has and remains to be the only Chinese member of the Standing Committee. Judy was appointed Justice of the Peace by the HKSAR in 2014.

Ms. Qingfen Ding is a senior executive in the auto industry. She has rich experience in cross-cultural team management and is skilled in crafting communication strategies and handling government affairs. At BYTON, Ms. Ding serves as Chief of Staff, with responsibility for BYTON’s public and government affairs, shareholder relations, CEO affairs coordination, and major corporate strategic project communication and coordination. As one of BYTON’s founding members, Ms. Ding established a high-profile network of government policymakers and industrial regulators with both national and regional purview. She was instrumental in crafting an innovative, cutting-edge and down-to-earth corporate image, and helped shape favorable media ecosystem for BYTON worldwide through a series of strategic communication campaigns.

Deanna Easton，Economic Counselor of the Australia Embassy

Yi Han is a multiple award-winning film producer, with expertise in International Co-Production, Strategic Marketing and Distribution of China-related independent films. Her producer work includes acclaimed feature documentaries China Heavyweight and Last Train Home. Her director debut In My Eyes was in competition at 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival. Prior to focusing on the film business, Yi Han was an Anchor & News Reporter for Sichuan Provincial TV Station and China Central Television. She holds a Masters Degree in Journalism from Carleton University, Canada.

Olivia Jingshu Ji is a serial entrepreneur and founder of EventBank, China Entrepreneurs and He Feng Foundation. She is one of China’s top female business leaders, has incubated more than 20 technology companies and served as a senior business leader in multinational enterprises. In 2017 she was awarded the ‘top 10 female entrepreneur’ award at the prestigious Global Conference on Women and Entrepreneurship by the Alibaba Group.
 
Olivia is also passionate about social responsibility and charity work. She is the founding director of Beijing Hefeng Art Charity Foundation and sits on the board of Women in Leadership, the major association for female entrepreneurs and investors. She established the Olivia Jingshu Ji Prize which is offered annually to the top international student within the School.

More than 20 years work experience of cross-border innovation, deep cultivation of Big Data and Data Intelligence, leading Truego in the field of Industry FIN-TECH to practice the new model of "Double-Chain Intelligent Finance";
-Worked as Vice President of China Software International, implement the top-level design of " Guizhou on cloud", and undertake the business integration of CITIC 21CN (renamed ALI HEALTH);
-Worked as Senior Consultant of China Hewlett-Packard, responsible for the consultation work of FSI and Gov. industry.

Jiang Zengwei，Former Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Honorary Adviser, China Chamber of International Commerce.

With over 20-year experience working in Chinese fashion industry, LYU Xiaolei, commonly known as Madame LYU, oversees the development of Shanghai Fashion Week and brings revolution with strategic positioning of "standing on both local and international vision" and "emphasizing on both creative design and commercial operation". Madame LYU leads the team to reposition the city's fashion week as the most energetic and vibrant fashion week by consolidating Chinese designers and talents, which brings a phenomenal scene of Chinese Fashion in a global stage.

Ms.Li is a well known interior designer in China.

Host, China Global Television Network

Ms. Liu Jia is the president of Yanjiyou Culture Group, co-founded the brand of “Yanjiyou” with Mr. Dan Jie in Chengdu in 2006. In the last 13 years, Yanjiyou has expanded into 58 shopping malls in 14 cities. Supported by Ms. Liu and her team, Yanjiyou has promoted itself from a brand of traditional book stores into a mixed gallery with book store, cafe, culture and creative products market and other fashion retailing forms. Also with her “she leadership”, Yanjiyou has acquired increasingly abundant spiritual strength.

Kate is Director of Innovation at MAKE Studios. Drawing from her experience as an executive coach and strategic designer, Kate works with organisations to design and drive business transformation, cultural and organisational change programs. Using a blend of human-centric disciplines (such as Design Thinking and Service Design) Kate helps organisations to navigate the complex digital landscape to solve business challenges.

YU Ping, Former Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

Prof. Mei Tian is a full professor of diagnostics imaging and nuclear medicine, the Vice President of Zhejiang University Medical Center, Director of Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Zhejiang Province, and the Vice President of Zhejiang Association of Science and Technology. Prof. Tian`s research focuses on the molecular imaging with a particular emphasis on human major diseases, include molecular imaging of central nerve system diseases & psychiatric disorders, imaging-based stem cell therapy for stroke, development of novel imaging strategies for a better understanding of underlying mechanism of brain.
Prof. Tian has made significant contribution to the field of molecular imaging in China and Asia. Shes serves the Associate Editor, Editorial Board Members of the official journals of the WMIS, SNMMI, EANM, BSNM and JSNM, and the editorial consultant of The LANCET. She is the recipient of the National Young Professional Medal, National Young Investigator Award and Women in Science Award.

Tian is a best-selling author, a “Splendor Award” winner, a beloved judge in popular variety shows like I am a Singer and the “Principal IP” in China’s classical music promotion courses. Her serial lectures Listening to Classical Music with T-shirt on has become a national phenomenon. In 2015, she published her debut album The Voyager, conveying the idea of natural minimalism; in 2016, she started an online premium program on Himalaya FM, Is Classical Music Difficult?, which remained Top 3 in 9 weeks; in 2017, her program The Secrets of 150 Music Works appeared on 20+ online platforms; in 2018, two new programs were put online; in 2019, she published her es-say collection on aesthetics A Talk with Beauty, her second music album 0.618, In & Between and opened a new course on “iGet” app.

Diane Wang is the Founder and CEO of DHgate.com. Founded in 2004, DHgate is China’s first cross-border B2B e-commerce marketplace. By connecting Micro, Small and Medium sized retailers from every corner of the world with high quality manufacturers, DHgate.com takes a stand for a more equal world trade, upholds diversity and creativity.

Diane started her career working for Microsoft and Cisco. She was the youngest senior manager of Microsoft in China region, and the only female on the Cisco management team, where she was credited with leading the “Best Team in Asia”.

Magen Xia is a Partner and Managing Director of Boston Consulting Group (BCG). She joined BCG in 2002, and has been one of the core leaders of BCG’s Greater China Healthcare Practice. She is also a member of BCG global healthcare service and payment practice area leadership team. Besides, Magen is leading the promotion of “value-based healthcare” in China. Magen has over 15 years of vast HC consulting experience, especially in medical service sector.

Xiang Ping is a professor of forensic toxicology at Academy of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice in China. She received her B.Sc. in pharmacetical chemistry from Shanghai Medical University in 1991. And she received her M.Sc. in forensic toxicology in 2006 from Fudan University. She completed her PhD from University Of Central Lancashire, UK in 2011. She was a visiting fellow in Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Australia. She specialises in the areas of systematic toxicological analysis, hair analysis, driving under the influence of drugs of abuse. She Presided over or participated in the completion of more than 10 national and Shanghai scientific research projects. She has an impressive track record of publications in the international literature with more than 70 articles. She has received several top scientific awards in China, including First prize of Shanghai science and technology progress award. She is member of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) and received International Scholarship Award from TIAFT in 2007. She was awarded the state council special allowance.

Jing YANG is also an art director and a designer. From 2006 to 2014, he had been art director of Havas WW, BBDO et Saatchi & Saatch. He is also the graphic designer of the cover of the famous dictionary Petit Robert 2015.

In 2014, he created Bonjour Brand, the bridge between Chinese entrepreneurs and French designers. In 2016 ，2017and 2018 , Bonjour Brand had held its second edition in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and its third edition at UNESCO headquarters in Paris，the fourth edition in hotel de Ville of Paris. In 2017, Jing YANG created Bonjour ID, the very first plateforme for international creative projects between French designers and Chinese entrepreneurs.

Rachel Yu is currently General Manager of Public Policy, Sustainability and Social Impact for The Coca-Cola Company Greater China Region. Prior to joining Coca-Cola in 2016, Rachel was Director of Public Policy with Amazon China since 2013, supporting Kindle and paper book business. From 2017-2013, Rachel worked for Microsoft China as Director of Government Relations, supporting Xbox business and the landing of cloud computing business. Rachel launched the China operation of NHNZ in 2002 and supervised the production of world class documentary films about China for leading broadcasters like Discovery Networks and Nat Geo. NHNZ is a leading documentary production company that used to be affiliated with News Corporation. Before NHNZ, worked in the Beijing Representative Office of News Corporation since 1998. Rachel was a lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University from 1989-1998.

ZHAO Hongju，Deputy Director-General，Liaison Department of All-China Women's Federation

She used to be the director of Shanghai Dragon TV, director of Canxing Media Brokerage Department, and content director of Lianwu Culture and Television Company.
Participating works include "the Voice of China", "China's Got Talent-Show", "Let's Shake It", "Morning Call", "Xiaosong Pedia ", "Li Kaifu - Born to Death", "Xu Wei: Life is more than just a temporary struggle " and so on.
In charge of Ximalaya Super IP Department and Public Welfare Projects.