Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors

Zhenyao WANG

Zhenyao Wang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Beijing Normal University, and is Dean of the (Beijing Normal University) China Philanthropy Research Institute, Dean of the Asia Academy of Philanthropy, and Founding President of China Global Philanthropy Institute. Prof. Wang Zhenyao holds an MPA degree, Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Peking University. He has been awarded the 14th ‘Compassion Award’ in 2019.

Prof. Wang previously worked for over 22 years at Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China where he was instrumental in launching several renowned national policies including direct village elections and the country’s urban/rural minimum welfare social safety net system. Following the devastating Wenchuan earthquake, he established the National Natural Disaster Response System, a four-tiered mechanism for coordinated emergency response. While at Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Dr. Wang also focused on expanding social security benefits to the country’s most vulnerable, reforming the national welfare system to provide allowances and greater support to groups such as orphans and senior citizens.

Prof. Wang also helms the (Beijing Normal University) China Philanthropy Research Institute (CPRI), which he founded in June, 2010. Under Prof. Wang’s leadership, CPRI has become a leading philanthropy think-tank, which drives national discourse on China’s social services and charitable sector. In addition to its research, CPRI also provides professional philanthropy consulting services and has completed a number of influential projects related to charity law and policy reform, child welfare, and senior citizen service systems reform.

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Borong LIU

In the field of financial products and trusts, Mr. Liu Borong has been dedicated to the legal practice of asset securitization since 2004, when he guided China Development Bank in its first ever onshore credit asset securitization project. Over nearly two decades, he has developed unrivaled knowledge and experience in asset securitization and structured finance. Since 2006, Mr. Liu has actively led the China Securitization Forum, promoting collaborative relationships and open dialogue among participants in the asset securitization market at home and around the world. Mr. Liu was rated ‘Band 1’ lawyer for ten consecutive years by Chambers & Partners in Chambers Asia in the field of asset securitization in China and Asia from 2008 to 2017, and ranked as ‘Eminent Practitioner’ for five consecutive years by Chambers and Partners in Chambers Asia-Pacific from 2018 to 2021.

In the field of wealth planning, Mr. Liu counsels from a global perspective, offering worldwide solutions for his clients, addressing estate planning, family governance and family legacy concerns. He specializes in strategic philanthropy and in utilizing charitable accounts, known as donor advised funds, to provide flexible and comprehensive solutions for his clients. These include complex gifts to charities, charitable fundraising strategies, and financial and legal tools and structures for corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, social ventures, and impact investments. Mr. Liu views the practice of law as a great privilege and his role as a steward, always putting the interests of his clients first.

In the field of compliance and anti-corruption, Mr. Liu focuses on the holistic design of individual compliance and corporate compliance from a broad-based perspective. He specializes in integrating both business compliance and charity compliance programs on a mission-oriented basis to lay the legal foundation for his clients to make a lasting impact.

Mr. Liu serves as head of the Private Equity and Asset Management Department of the Zhong Lun Law Firm, Co-Chairman of the Executive Committee of the China Securitization Forum, External Appraisal Expert for the Asset Securitization Projects at both the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, and has formerly served as the Deputy Chairman of the Zhong Lun Charity Foundation, special-term professor at the China Capital Markets Institute, Commissioner of the Expert Committee of the China Development Bank, 7th Chairman of the Asset Securitization Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, as well as the 8th and 9th Chairman of the Trust Law Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors

Jianguo WU

Mr. Jianguo Wu serves as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Shenzhen CSN Financial Services Co., Ltd. He has been working in the financial field for many years and is committed to financial innovation. He specializes in payments and settlements, and has formerly participated in the development project of the modern payment system of the People’s Bank of China. Mr. Wu served as the Chief Market Officer of the SF Financial Group, Deputy President of the Shunyin Unit, Vice President of the Financial Department of the SF Group, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SF Hengtong Payment Co., Ltd.

Executive Chairman of the Board

Changbo FU

Mr. Changbo Fu is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Sociology at Beijing Normal University, and Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Social Governance Magazine. Mr. Fu has been dedicated to transforming wealth into social good, promoting social innovation, enhancing charitable affairs, and assisting in the formation of a social governance pattern with diversified participation, co-construction and resource sharing. Mr. Fu has presided over the editing of The Manners and Arts of Family Inheritance of the Rockefeller Family, 100 Global Philanthropic Families (2016), Report on Global Philanthropy’s Support for Sustainable Development Efforts, The List of 2017 Top 100 Philanthropists of China, The Report on Hundred-Million Donations and Strategic Philanthropy Development of China, Comparative Study on Donor Advised Fund (DAF) Model, etc.

Secretary General

Hongtao LI

Mr Li is the former head of media program marketing of CCTV Social and Law Channel, and the former Director of China Radio and Television Legal Program Working Committee, with rich experience in media operation and brand promotion, and is expert in TV media operation management and cause-related marketing. Mr. Li has organized the planning and execution of TV media marketing activities of major brands and participated in the design and implementation of annual advertising bidding projects of CCTV Social and Law Channel and Program, familiar with various media reports and editing production process. He fully participated in and organized various major promotional events for the channel and its programs, including a large-scale promotional event for ‘Safe China’ (cooperating with the Central Political and Legal Committee for the safety construction), ‘The Power of the Rule of Law’ (a special program of the Gala Evening on December 4th), ‘Xiao Sa Exploration Meeting’ (a special program of the ‘Two Sessions’), ‘Green Bookmark Action’ (Special Program of the intellectual property on April 26th), ‘National Lawyers Competition’ (the Supreme Court), etc.

Director

Feng LI

Mr. Feng Li is President of Shenzhen CSN Financial Services Co., Ltd, and former Deputy General Manager of the CITIC Trust and Founder of its consumer trust division. Mr. Li served at the General Office of the CITIC Group and the CITIC Securities Capital Operation Department. He also led his team to launch the very first asset securitization project in China, as well as a series of large, innovative trust products and also established several trust business profit models, for which he won the titles of ‘National Financial System Innovator’ and ‘National Advanced Individual in the Financial System’.

Director

Ruigang DOU

Mr. Ruigang Dou is Executive Secretary General of the Tencent Foundation, Deputy Chairman and Secretary General of the Shenzhen Aging Development Foundation, and member of the Board of Directors of the China Philanthropy Research Institute at Beijing Normal University, as well as a member of the Chinese Red Cross Foundation, the Beijing Ren’ai Charity Foundation, the Beijing Chunmiao Children’s Aid Foundation, the Shenzhen Iread Foundation, and more than ten other public welfare organizations. Mr. Dou also serves as a part-time advisor for the China Philanthropic Talents Training Plan, the China Philanthropy Research Institute Graduate School of Philanthropy Management, the Laoniu Charity Thousand Talents Plan, the Public Welfare Xinhuo Plan, providing professional training for and sharing his knowledge with public welfare professionals in China.

Director

Chuanjin TAO

Mr. Chuanjin Tao is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Beijing Normal University, Director of the Public Welfare Research Center, and Expert Appraiser of Foundations at the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Mr. Tao has presided over and completed National Social Science Fund projects, National Natural Science Fund projects, and the Philosophy and Social Science Major Subject Research project of the Ministry of Education (Research on Social Organizations’ Participation in Social Management and Social Service). He has also published dozens of academic papers in leading domestic journals, including Sociological Studies, Management World, Social Sciences in China (English version), and Chinese Administration Management, among others.

Director

Yong WANG

Mr. Yong Wang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Civil, Commercial and Economic Law at the China University of Political Science and Law, Guest Professor at the Chinese Academy of Governance, Guest Professor at the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, Member of the Caixin Media Advisory Committee, Member of the Academic Committee of China Charity Federation, Deputy Director of the Trust Law Professional Committee of China Business Law Society, Executive Director of the China Case Law Society, Executive Director of the China Behavioral Law Society, and Advisor for the China Securitization Forum, among others.

Director

Xuebing ZHANG

Mr. Zhang Xuebing, Director of Beijing Zhonglun Law Firm, Chairman of Beijing Legal Aid Foundation, Chief Supervisor of Beijing Charity Federation, Director of China Guanghua Foundation. Former Standing Committee Member of All-China Youth Federation, Vice Chairman of China’s State Organ Youth Federation, President of Beijing Lawyers Association, Vice President of All China Lawyers Association, Member of the Standing Committee of the 14th Beijing Municipal People's Congress, and External Director of China Telecom Corporation Limited, Independent Director of Legend Holdings Corporation.