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  Greg Gilligan

  Chairman at AmCham China

  Greg Gilligan joined the PGA TOUR in late 2013 as Vice President and is the lead executive in China serving as PGA TOUR China Managing Director. Currently Chairman Emeritus, Mr. Gilligan served in an elected capacity as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, as an officer for four consecutive terms from 2011 – 2014.
  
  Prior to the PGA TOUR Mr. Gilligan was the Managing Director of APCO Worldwide’s Beijing office. He joined APCO after serving as General Manager of Corporate Affairs for McDonald’s (China) Co., Ltd., where he developed and executed strategies to enhance McDonald's brand and corporate image among China’s regulatory bodies, consumers and other key stakeholders. Prior to that role he served as McDonald’s China’s General Manager for Southeast China.

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  Lipo Shan

  Director-General of China Centre for the Promotion of SME Development and Secretary-General of China International Cooperation Association of SMEs

  Lipo Shan is the Director-General of the China Centre for Promotion of SME development of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Secretary-General of the China International Cooperation Association of SMEs. Since his graduation from Peking University, Mr. Shan worked at Tsinghua University, the State Information Center, the Information Technology Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission. After Shan spent three years in the “Aid-Tibet” program, he served as the deputy director-general of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of the Tibet Autonomous Region, deputy director general at the Bureau of Cybersecurity of the CAC, deputy director-general and Secretary-General of the Advisory Committee for State Informatization, and Deputy Director-General (DG level) of China National Tendering Center of Machinery and Electric Equipment (Government Procurement Center of MIIT). He has long participated in national informatization and cybersecurity planning, the research, formulation and specific promotion of relevant law and policy, with extensive research and practical experience in e-government, the digital transformation of enterprises, the development of the digital industry, global governance of the Internet, and the development of SMEs.

How can MSMEs cope with "black swan" events such as the Covid-19 outbreak? As an important element of the supply chain ecosystem of multinational corporations (MNCs), how can MNCs and industry leaders increase the resilience of MSMEs over the long-term?

Against the backdrop of the Covid-19, how can the government better formulate long-term policies to increase domestic demand and support MSMEs to overcome difficulties including a lack of demand and obtaining payment/collecting accounts?

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  Yanlin Sheng

  Vice Director-General of Torch Center, Ministry of Science and Technology
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  Xiangdong Liu

  Deputy Director-General of the Department of Industry Economy at China Center for International Economic Exchanges
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  Owen Ma

  Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Cargill China
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  Hui Deng

  Industry Director, China Large Customer Sales of Google

How can stakeholders work together to promote healthy lifestyles that strengthen population health and contribute to the prevention and control of infectious diseases?

What’s the role of MNCs in providing guidance for societal health management (e.g., via digital health technologies,
etc.)?

How can stakeholders reduce the cost of healthcare and build a “community of common health for mankind” through innovative approaches?

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  Liejun Wang

  Deputy Director-General, Department of Social Development at Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC)
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  Hongyan Liu

  Deputy Director-General of China Population and Development Research Center
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  Kang Wei

  Managing Director of Beijing RDPAC International Consulting Co., Ltd.
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  Ye Li

  Vice President, Head of Corporate Affairs and Government Relations at Merck Holding China
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  Tong Liu

  General Manager, AI Industries at NVIDIA
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  David Zhang

  Medical Affairs Lead, Greater China at GSK Consumer Healthcare

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  Alan Beebe

  President at AmCham China

  Alan Beebe is President of the American Chamber of Commerce in China based in Beijing. He has over twenty-five years of business experience in Asia, including seventeen years in mainland China.
  
  As President, Alan oversees all advocacy, programs, partnerships and insights provided by the Chamber to support the business growth of nearly 900 foreign corporations operating in China, including most of the U.S. Fortune 500. He leads major advocacy initiatives related to trade tariffs, market access, cybersecurity, Made in China 2025, China’s NGO law and structural imbalances in U.S. – China trade and investment.
  
  In 2018, he launched AmCham China’s Technology & Innovation Initiative, focused on the business and policy implications of disruptive digital technologies - such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and cloud computing – for U.S. companies in China.
  
  Prior to joining AmCham China, Alan held various senior executive positions in China with EY, IBM, and management consulting firms AT Kearney and PRTM. He also led a Beijing based start-up for five years, the China Greentech Initiative, which merged in 2014 with the Paulson Institute, founded by Hank Paulson.
  
  Alan has advised a wide range of corporations and global investors on investing and operating in China. His clients have included global private equity firms, high technology companies, energy related companies, and major state-owned and private Chinese enterprises.
  
  He holds a Master’s degree from Yale University in International Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the U.S. He is a Board of Advisor of the Yale Club of Beijing and in that capacity promotes academic and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China. He is a fluent speaker of mandarin Chinese, and reads and writes Chinese. Alan was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska.