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.

Leads Plug and Play China Team in cultivating an open eco-innovation platform, committed to energize technology innovation for China. Headquartered in Silicon Valley in the United States, Plug and Play (PNP) has established branches in over 30 countries and regions, and has now built an innovation eco-system which partners with thousands of start-ups globally. PNP discovers, accelerates and invests in "unicorn" companies. The open eco-innovation that PNP proposes and advocates shares resources among venture capitals, start-ups, enterprises and government in multi-angle and mutli-dimensional ways, thus substantially assist industry players fulfilling their missions and goals.

Previously served as the Global Head of Business Operation in Digital Home Business Unit of Nokia, and Chief Procurement Officer for Alcatel Lucent in the market of APC and China. With nearly 20 years rich experience for international corporations in fields of telecom system, IoT and ICT industry, and over 10 years’ experience in global team management, Peter has been dedicated to help multinational corporations expand to and in China and APAC market, and to help Chinese manufacturers successfully expand and grow in global market.

Graduated from Fudan University with B.A of World Economics and Finance, and acquired an EMBA degree at CEIBS China.