Dr. Yong Gao currently serves as Vice President of Public Affairs and Sustainability for Bayer China. Headquartered in Germany, Bayer is a global leader in life science focusing on healthcare and agriculture. Prior to Bayer, Yong was President of Monsanto China and Director of Corporate Affairs for Asia and Africa at Monsanto which was acquired by Bayer in 2018. For three decades serving in the private sector, Yong has worked in the US, Canada, Singapore and most recently China. His area of professional experiences includes biotech product regulatory policy, R&D, safety assessment and commercialization, international trade, sustainability, public affairs and corporate communication.

Liu Chang is the former Vice President of Government Affairs, BD & Marketing Knorr-Bremse APAC, Member of core leadership APAC； Vice President of Thales (China), Member of EXCOM; Director of Marketing and Business Development, Director of Government Affairs of Siemens (China) Co., Ltd.; Chief Representative of Beijing Representative Office of Herrenknecht (China); Senior Manager of Sales and Marketing of Herrenknecht AG (Germany); Official at China Embassy; Lecturer of Beijing Youth Politics College.

She has a PhD in Economics, from Northeast Normal University and; an MBA, from the University of Offenburg (Germany).

Liu Chang has 20 years of industry experience, covering the World's top 500 multinational companies, government agencies, and colleges. Liu Chang is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) Government Affairs Forum.