ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

CHAIRMEN

Ruan Li

Chairman of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Administration Committee

Ruan Li, male, born in November 1968, Han nationality, member of the Communist Party of China. He is now party secretary and chairman of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Administration Committee.

Xuan Fuzhen

President of East China University of Science and Technology

Xuan Fuzhen, President of East China University of Science and Technology. He is also the vice chairman of the Chinese Pressure Vessel Society, the vice chairman of the Shanghai Modern Design Law Society. He has been awarded (selected) a number of honorary titles of National Ten Thousand Talents Program Leading Talent, the Yangtze River Scholar Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education, the Shanghai Leading Talent, and the Shanghai Excellent Discipline Leader, etc. Other granted projects Include the National Outstanding Youth Fund and the National Hundred and Thousand Talents Project.

He has been committed to research in the fields of chemical machinery and intelligent detection for a long time, and has presided over the completion of projects including the National Nuclear Power Major Project, the National 863 Program, and the National Science and Technology Support Program. Besides, he has received first and second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, five first prize and one second prize of provincial and ministerial special prize, together with China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation Youth Science and Technology Outstanding Contribution Award.

VICE CHAIRMEN

Fang Xiangchen

Executive Vice President and Secretary General of The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC)

 

Prof. FANG Xiangchen, PhD supervisor, is the Executive Vice President and Secretary General of The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC). He was the Former President of SINOPEC (Dalian) Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals.

Prof. Fang graduated from East China University of Science and Technology in 1982 and was a visiting scholar in Swansea University from 1988-1989. He is an expert enjoying State Council Government special allowance, CIESC Fellow and Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) Catalytic Committee Member.

Prof. Fang devotes himself to catalytic reaction engineering technology research of petroleum hydrogenation process, including hydroprocessing development, catalyst structure-activity relationship research, and etc. in his career life. He systematically participated in and presided over a series of oil refining hydroprocessing technology development projects, which have been widely applied to meet the needs of hydroprocessing technology for national economic development.

As the Principal Investigator, he has won 2 second prizes of the National Award for Technological Invention, 2 Chinese Patent Excellence Awards, 10 first prizes of ministerial and provincial awards for scientific and technological progress, 82 domestic and foreign authorized patents, and published 5 monographs.

Fu Xiangsheng

Vice Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation(CPCIF)



 

Fu Xiangsheng, born in Shouguang, Shandong, is a professor-level senior engineer. He graduated from Shandong Chemical Industry College (now Qingdao University of Science and Technology) with a bachelor’s degree; he finished his on-the-job graduate study as a major in economic management at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, and got a master’s degree.

In 1983, he was allocated a job in the Ministry of Chemical Industry after his graduation from the university, and worked in sequence as an assistant engineer and later an engineer at the Science and Technology Bureau (Department) under the Ministry of Chemical Industry, the deputy chief and later the chief of the General Planning Division of the Science and Technology Bureau under the Ministry of Chemical Industry, the deputy secretary of CPC and deputy president (deputy-director level) of the photosensitive chemical research institute under the Ministry of Chemical Industry, the president (director level) of the science and technology research institute under the Ministry of Chemical Industry, the vice general manager and a member of the CPC standing committee of China Haohua Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd., the deputy secretary of CPC and the secretary of discipline inspection commission of China National Chemical Corporation, and at the same time for once the general manager and the secretary of CPC of China Haohua Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd..

In October 2015, he was transferred to China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation and took the position of vice chairman, as well as chairman of Chemical Industrial Park Working Committee of CPCIF. He is an expert consultant for the industrial economic forecast and early warning. Also, he is the expert consultant of China International Engineering Consulting Corporation and Academic Committee of Strategic Institute.

Guo Xiaojun

Party Secretary of the Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd.



 

Guo Xiaojun, born in August 1969, is currently the Secretary of the CPC Committee of the Company.

Mr. Guo Xiaojun joined Shanghai Petrochemical Complex in 1991. Mr. Guo Xiaojun graduated from the East China University of Science and Technology in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in engineering, majoring in basic organic chemical engineering and obtained a master’s degree majoring in chemical engineering from the East China University of Science and Technology in 2008. He is a senior engineer by professional title.

He served as Director of the Polyolefin Integrated Plant in the Plastics Division, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Plastics Division, Assistant to the Manager, Assistant Manager and Manager and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of the Company.

He was Deputy Chief Engineer and Director of the Production Department of the Company from March 2011 to April 2013.He was Deputy General Manager of the Company from April 2013 to June 2014.

He was Executive Director and Deputy General Manager of the Company from June 2014 to June 2017.

He was Executive Director, Deputy General Manager and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Company from June 2017 to December 2019.

He served as General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fibre Limited Liability Company from December 2019 to December 2022.

From December 2022 to April 2024, he served as Executive Director and the Secretary of the CPC Committee of Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fibre Limited Liability Company.

In April 2024, he was appointed the Secretary of the CPC Committee of the Company.

Wang Jingyi

Party Secretary and Chairman of Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd.



 

Wang Jingyi, male, member of the Communist Party of China, MBA, senior engineer, is currently the president and the Party Committee secretary of Sinopec Shanghai GaoQiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd.. He is also the president of Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Elastomer Co., Ltd., the vice president of Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Chemical Co., Ltd. and the Director of Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co., Ltd. He once served as the president and the Party Committee secretary of Yangzi Petrochemical company and Yangzi Petrochemical-BASF Co., Ltd., as well as the Executive Director and the Party Committeesecretary of Sinopec Refinery Sales Co., Ltd..

He has won the first and second prize of National Award of Science and TechnologyProgress, the first prize of Sinopec Science and Technology Progress Award and Sinopec Management Modern Innovation Award. He is also the cultivating candidate of “333 High-level Talents Cultivation Project” of Jiangsu Province and the Model Worker of Nanjing Province.

Gu Lili

Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Huayi Group Corporation Limited.


 

Gu Lili, male, born in May 1972, university degree, MBA, senior economist, member of the Communist Party of China. He served as the Deputy Director of the Economic and Trade Commission of Shigatse Region of Tibet Autonomous Region, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Chlor-alkali Chemical Co., Ltd., General Manager of Shanghai Minhang Huayi Small Loan Co., Ltd., Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Double Coin Holdings Ltd., Deputy Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Manager of the Supervision and Audit Department of Shanghai Huayi (Group) Company, Deputy Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Manager of the Supervision and Audit Department, Vice-president, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the Trade Union of Shanghai Huayi Group Corporation Limited, Chairman of Shanghai Chemical Union. He is currently the Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Huayi Group Corporation Limited.

MEMBERS

Gong Yanling

Deputy Secretary General of Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC)

 

Gong Yanling, female, graduated from Tianjin University, majoring in chemical technology with master degree. She is a senior engineer, CPC member. Gong Yanling is the deputy secretary general of Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC), member of China Women’s Association for Science and Technology.

Gong Yanling was a director journalist and editor in chief of China Chemical Information Weekly and China Chemical Reporter (CCR) which are national core journals sponsored by China National Chemical Information Center, a national information consulting agency. She led the team and won the first prize of national excellent journal in the field of petroleum and chemical industry for several times.

She has long been committed to energy and petrochemical information consultation and development research, published industry analysis and research report of about 150,000 word. She authored or participated in writing books or reports entitled Prospects for the Development of China’s Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Chemical Supply Chain Management and Trends, Research on Industrial Sustainable Development and Carbon Dioxide Emissions, General History of China’s Chemical Industry, Approaching Chemical Industry, Chemical Industry and Life.

She started working in CIESC in 2015 and was its office director, deputy director of evaluation center. At present, she is CIESC deputy secretary general and director of the academic exchange department, in charge of academic exchange, talent recommendation, scientific and technological service, comprehensive management and other related works, and is committed to building the society into a world leading society. She has won awards such as Advanced Individuals, Innovative Projects, and second prize of “Scientific and Technological Progress” of CIESC Science and Technology Award in 2019.

Yang Ting

Secretary General of Chemical Park Working Committee of CPCIF, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation

 

Mr. Yang Ting , Professor Senior Engineer,has been engaged in the planning of petroleum and chemical industry, consultation and study of engineering project, construction and management of engineering project, planning and management of chemical parks as well as market research of petroleum and chemical products. Mr. Yang has lead the organization teams who are working on “Guidelines on Standardized Development of Chemical Parks”, “Evaluation Guidelines of Green Chemical Parks”, “Comprehensive Evaluation Index System of China’s Chemical Parks”which are all guiding documents for chemical parks development. Mr. Yang has also undertaken the pre-planning, market research and project management of quite a few world-scale refining and coal chemical projects in China. In recent years, he has lead to complete over 50 research projects of national ministries and commissions and over 100 development plans for big-sized petrochemical enterprises, general development plans for chemical parks and initial consultation plans of Sino-foreign joint projects, as well as market demand forecast and production technology developing trend research of over 100 petroleum and chemical products. As the main drafter, he has also lead making China’s first National Standard about Chemical Parks “Management Regulations on Public Common Corridor s in Chemical Parks”, and amending over 30 national standards.

Jin Jian

General Manager of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Development Co., Ltd.


 

Mr. Jin graduated from the Department of chemical engineering, Shanghai University of engineering and technology in 1992, and received a master’s degree in Business Administration from CEIBS in 2008.Mr. Jin has worked in Zhengtai rubber factory, Xinye company, Shanghai tire rubber (Group) company, Shanghai Huayi (Group) Company and Shanghai sanaifu New Material Co., Ltd. He has been the deputy general manager of Shanghai Chemical Industrial Zone Development Co., Ltd. since 2015.

Wang Dong

Director of Shanghai Investment Promotion Service Center (Shanghai SMEs Going Public Promotion Center)

 

Wang Dong, director of Shanghai Investment Promotion Service Center (Shanghai SMEs Going Public Promotion Center), master of Science in System Analysis and Integration, has long been engaged in scientific and technological innovation, emerging industry development, investment promotion, listing services, with extensive experience in corporate services.

Xue Feng

President of Shanghai Foreign Investment Development Board


 

Xue Feng, President of Shanghai Foreign Investment Development Board (Shanghai Overseas Investment Development Board) , known as ‘Invest Shanghai’.

He has served in the World Trade Organization Department of the Ministry of Commerce, P.R.C., Deputy Director of Department of Trade in Services of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (during which he also served as Assistant General Manager of National Base for International Cultural Trade (Shanghai)).

He has participated in the negotiations on China’s non-agricultural market access, non-tariff trade measures, trade facilitation and government procurement in the World Trade Organization. He participated in the negotiations on the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. In SCOFCOM, he participated in the formulation and implementation of policies related to service trade in China and Shanghai, especially is responsible for international cultural trade and service trade statistics. Now, He’s leading a team of Invest Shanghai specialized in promoting both inward and outbound investment projects, promoting business environment of Shanghai as a whole, and formulating an investment promotion partnership both within Shanghai and around the world through his local team and its overseas representative offices in Los Angeles, London, Frankfurt, Osaka and Gothenburg.

Zhu Jian

Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Development Company Limited.


 

Mr. ZHU Jian (“Mr. ZHU”), is the Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Development Company Limited (SCIPDC). Mr. ZHU graduated from the Accounting Department of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 1996. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from China Europe International Business School in 2007.

Mr. ZHU previously worked at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone United Development Co., Ltd. and the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Administrative Commission. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. ZHU served as the Secretary of the board of directors of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Development Company Limited (“SCIPD”). Mr. ZHU has been an assistant to President of SCIPD since 2005 and was promoted to Deputy General Manager in 2015.

Aurélien Sostaponti

Counsellor, Department of Industry and High Technology, Ministry of Commerce of Business France

 

Aurélien SOSTAPONTI worked for prestigious French companies such as Safran, Renault, and Orange, before joining Business France in Brazil in 2013. In 2014, he joined Paris’ HQ as a project manager and key account engineer, then he brought his expertise to the role of Export Manager for Industries & Cleantech at the Business France office in India, where he spent five years. In September 2023, Aurélien joined Business France team in China, as the Director of the Industries & Techs department. His professional journey has been marked by significant contributions to the business development of French companies across five continents.

Song Libin

Senior Marketing Consultant of Enterprise Ireland



 

Song Libin holds master degree of Economics from Fudan University. She is also an alumna of CEIBS.Libin joined Enterprise Ireland in 2023, she is senior market advisor covering industrial and life science sectors, helping Irish companies expand their business in China.

Before Enterprise Ireland, Libin has many years of venture capital investment experience. Libin was the founding member of PureTerra Ventures, she joined the fund from its beginning, and was deeply involved in all fundraising and investment activities. She was independently in charge of PureTerra’s network and branding in China, helped portfolio companies enter China market.

Francois Fevrier

CEO WATER and RECYCLING & RECOVERY of SUEZ Asia

 

Francois Fevrier earned his MSc degree at Agro Paris Tech and MBA degree at Institut Francais De Gestion in France.He has been appointed CEO WATER and RECYCLING & RECOVERY of SUEZ Asia since January 2023, directly responsible for the Group’s overall businesses in Asia: water management, recovery and waste management, treatment infrastructure and smart & environmental solutions.

Since joining SUEZ in 1989, Francois has played a vital role in building the company’s successful water portfolio and is a force driver behind SUEZ’s outstanding growth. With over 30 years of experience in the water industry, Francois held several executive positions in the Group. In July 2013, he was appointed CEO of Water in Asia.

Zhou Jianhui

Vice Chairman of Red Avenue New Materials Group Co., Ltd.



 

Mr. Jianhui Zhou graduated from Qingdao University of Science and Technology and achieved a bachelor’s degree of rubber products in 1985. He got an MBA from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Antai School of Economics and Management in June 2001. He later acquired an EMBA from China Europe International Business School in November 2011.

He now works as the Vice Chairman at Red Avenue New Materials Group Co., Ltd., as well as the honorary member of the Red Avenue Foundation. He once served as the Secretary of the board of Shanghai Tyre Group Co. Ltd., General Manager of Sino Legend (China) Chemical Company Ltd and the member of Chemical Industry Rubber Specialised Committee of China.

Tony Chen

Country President and Head of Market Development PGMs, APEC


 

Tony Chen is appointed the Country President of China for Anglo American with effect on 1 January 2024. In addition to this role, Tony heads up market development for Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) for the APEC region.

Tony joined Anglo American in May 2020 as Head of Market Development for PGMs, APEC, based in Shanghai, China. In his role, Tony leads the formulation and execution of the strategy to optimize the future growth of the market for PGMs, platinum in particular, and actively seeks the opportunities of PGMs-centric new technologies and processes in the industry of hydrogen, green chemicals, medical and pharmaceutical as well as carbon neutrality.

From 2005 to 2020, Tony held important positions in the new energy industry, including Valence Technology, Sud-Chemie, Clariant and Johnson Matthey, where his time was spent in general management, strategy planning, sales & marketing as well as business operation. Before joining Anglo American, Tony was the Global Business Director for lithium metal and special salts at Albemarle, one of the world’s largest lithium resource company.

Members:
Tony is currently the Vice Chaiman of International Hydrogen Fuel Cell Association under the China Science and Technology Association.

Ruby Lyu

Cofounder of Impact Hub Shanghai Partner of Ampower Capital


 

Ruby graduated from Wuhan University. Ruby is an advocate and practitioner of social innovation and impact investment, who has invested in a range of social enterprises. She has years of consulting and management experience in sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and responsible investment. She has served as marketing director of SynTao and secretary-general of Simeng’s Corporate Social Responsibility Promotion Center. She authored “Cross-Border Dialogue: A Practical Collection of Public Welfare Projects” and tutored in Asia-Europe Business School.

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