Awardees 2014

Ming-Po CAI is the Founder and President of Cathay Capital Private Equity, the first Chinese-French private equity firm focused on high growth French and Chinese companies, with offices in Paris, Shanghai, Beijing and New York. Under his leadership, Cathay Capital has grown to more than €400 million assets under management, including the €150 million Sino-French Fund […]

Dr. Liu Jiren is the founder and now Chairman & CEO of Neusoft Corporation, also Vice-president and a professor of the Northeastern University (NEU) China. He also holds the positions of Vice-chairman at China Software Industry Association (CSIA), and a standing member of Chinese Association of Automation (CAA). He had been the member of APEC Business […]

Richard Qiangdong Liu is the founder of JD.com and has been chairman and chief executive officer since the inception. Mr. Liu has over 15 years of experience in the retail and e-commerce industries. In June 1998, Mr. Liu started his own business in Beijing, which was mainly engaged in the distribution of magneto-optical products. In […]

Since his appointment as president and chief executive officer in March 2010, Shi Lirong has consolidated ZTE Corporation’s position as one of the world’s top five providers of telecommunications solutions and mobile devices, with an expanded presence in major markets including North America, Europe, China and India. Under Mr. Shi’s leadership, ZTE becomes one of […]

Ms. YANG Lan is a journalist, a talk show hostess, and a well respected TV interviewer in China. In 1999, Ms. Yang and her husband Mr. WU Zheng founded Sun Media Group, one of China’s leading privately owned media groups. Sun Media Group was nominated by Forbes magazine as one of the world’s best small businesses.  […]