Zhang Lijun ( zh, 张力军; born October 1963) is a Chinese business executive and economist. He is a research scholar at

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and is also the Chairman of V1 Group, Dubai China-Arab Satellite TV, and other organizations. Zhang has also served as a visiting professor at the

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and

Nankai University Nankai University (NKU or Nankai; ) is a national public research university located in Tianjin, China. It is a prestigious Chinese state Class A Double First Class University approved by the central government of China, and a member of the fo ...

Early life and education

Zhang Lijun was born in

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

, China. He holds a doctorate in economics from

Career

Zhang founded VODone in 2005. The next year, the company was listed on the

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. VODone subsidary China Mobile Games Entertainment Group (CMGEG) was listed on

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in 2012. The e-commerce company Baby Grid, which Zhang chaired, listed on

National Equities Exchange and Quotations The National Equities Exchange And Quotations (NEEQ) is a Chinese over-the-counter system for trading the shares of a public limited company () that is not listed on either the Shenzhen or Shanghai stock exchanges. The NEEQ exchange was also nickn ...

in 2015. As chairman of VODOne, CMGEG, and Baby Grid, Zhang became the first Chinese citizen to be chairman of companies on American, Chinese, and Hong Kong stock exchanges. Zhang is a research scholar at

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. He has served as a visiting professor at the

and

, a director of Association for Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations, and a consultant for the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. From 1998 to 2012, he served as the China representative of ABAC (APEC Business Advisory Council) and currently serves as the chairman of the China APEC Development Council. Over the years, he has been engaged in international exchanges and cooperation with the

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economy, economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

(APEC). While serving as the representative of the APEC Business Advisory Council to China, Zhang initiated the APEC Business Travel Card Program. With the support of relevant leaders and the government, China successfully joined the APEC Business Travel Card Program (ABTC).

Personal life

Zhang Lijun lives in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, China.

Books

*''Language Strategy along the Belt and Road''. ISBN 978-7-5035-7189-3. *中国产业投资基金论. ISBN 7-5005-4369-7. *世界经济与中国. ISBN 7-80050-988-5.

References

External links

Stanford University pageOfficial website of V1 GroupOfficial website of CADC
Living people 1963 births Nankai University alumni Stanford University faculty 21st-century Chinese economists Businesspeople from Tianjin {{China-economist-stub