Speaker Categories: Impact Architects

Weitsun Jin

Founder of Business Weekly in Taiwan, Business Weekly

Weichun jin is the founder of Business Weekly in Taiwan, which later grew into one of the largest magazine publishing groups in the region, with Mr. Li Ka-shing as a major shareholder.
Over the past decade, he has devoted himself to personal cultivation and life practice. He is the author of the bestselling book Only One Thing in Life and the founder of the ‘One Thing Learning Center,’ aiming to enhance the quality of life and inner development in the Chinese-speaking world, and to help individuals find fulfillment in career, relationships, and life.

Chunquan Zhu

PhD, Research Professor,Director of Nature, Positive Research Centre,, Asia Academy of Philanthropy in Hainan

Former Head of WEF China Nature Initiatives, Former Country Representative of IUCN China and Former Conservation Director of WWF China

Dr. Zhu is mainly focus on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, natural capital and ecosystem accounting, nature-positive transitions, national park and protected areas system development and management, nature-based solutions and ecological civilization approach. Among his accomplishments are the initiation and promotion of the concept of Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP), and the introduction and promotion the FSC forest certification scheme and landscape restoration approach in China.

Mingda Liu

Chairman of the Board, SEE Foundation

Mingda Liu is Chairman of the Board of SEE Conservation and Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Shenzhen Mingda Asset Management Co., Ltd. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Hunan University and an EMBA from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, with nearly 30 years of experience in securities investment.

Founded in 2005, Mingda Asset Management is among the early private equity firms in China to systematically integrate ESG criteria into investment decision-making. Mr. Liu has received multiple prestigious industry awards from leading financial media for his long-term investment performance.
A committed advocate of philanthropy and ecological protection, Mr. Liu is a lifetime member of SEE Conservation and has been actively involved in environmental and charitable initiatives for over a decade, promoting the integration of responsible investment and sustainable development

Ji Zou

CEO & President, The Energy Foundation, The Energy Foundation

Prof. Ji Zou is the CEO and President of The Energy Foundation. Prof. Zou has engaged in international climate processes for more than twenty years. He took part in the negotiations of the Paris Agreement; served as a Lead Author and Coordinating Lead Author for multiple IPCC Assessment Reports; and contributed to the work of the UN Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing.

Prof. Zou served as Vice Dean, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Environment and Natural Resources of Renmin University of China. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering and a master’s degree in Technical Economics from Tsinghua University, and a Ph.D. in Resources and Environmental Economics from Renmin University. He has also been a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Peter Lee Ka-kit

Chairman and Managing Director, Henderson Land Development Company Limited

Dr. Peter Lee Ka-kit is Chairman and Managing Director of Henderson Land Development Company Limited. He is a Standing Committee Member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He has served as an Executive Director of the Company since 1985 and was Vice Chairman from 1993 until May 2019. On 28 May 2019, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director, and is also a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.
Educated in the United Kingdom, Dr. Lee has been primarily responsible for the Group’s business development in mainland China since joining the Company. He is also Chairman of Henderson Land Company Limited, Vice Chairman of Henderson Development Limited, and Chairman of Towngas China Company Limited and Towngas Smart Energy Company Limited, all of which are listed companies.
Dr. Lee is Chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by The University of Hong Kong in 2009, and received an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from Edinburgh Napier University in 2014.