Changchun Hua joined KKR in 2021 and is a member of the Global Macro, Balance Sheet and Risk team, serving as the Chief Economist for Greater China. Prior to joining KKR, he was the global chief economist of GTJA Securities Research Institute, China economist at Nomura International (Hong Kong), an economist at the International Monetary Fund in the Hong Kong office, a manager at Hong Kong Monetary Authority and a researcher at Asia Development Bank Institute in Japan. He specializes in public economics and finance and obtained his Ph.D. in Public Policy (Public Economics) from Hitotsubashi University of Japan, his M.A. in Economics from Renmin University of China, an M.P.P. from Hitotsubashi University of Japan, and a B.A. in Economic Management from Yanshan University in China.
花长春博士于2021年加入KKR，现任KKR投资集团大中华区首席经济学家，董事总经理。在这之前，曾担任国泰君安证券研究所全球首席经济学家，野村证券（国际）中国经济学家，国际货币基金组织（香港代表处）经济学家，香港金融管理局经理和亚洲开发银行研究所研究员。花长春研究领域主要集中公共经济学和财政学，获得日本一桥大学公共政策（公共经济学）博士、中国人民大学经济学硕士和燕山大学的管理学学士。

Viki Huang is the Head of Regulatory, Industry and Government Affairs covering China and South Korea, for State Street Corporation, based in Beijing. In this role, she is responsible for regulatory policies, government affairs; coordinates and manages relations with regulators, government agencies, quasi-government organizations and trade associations. She previously worked at J.P. Morgan in the International Government Relations team for 7 years. She holds master degree from University of Illinois.

Mr. Jun Jin is China Automotive Industry Lead Partner in PwC and based in Beijing office. He is responsible to provide diversified deal advisory and corporate strategy services to MNCs, SOEs, POEs, PEs and government. He is also leading China M&A consulting business as well. Relevant experience. Jun has over twenty years experiences in deal and M&A strategy, corporate strategy and transformation, growth strategy, market entry, target search, negotiation support, financial modelling, commercial due diligence and post deal integration in automotive sector covering OEMs, parts & component suppliers and other participants. In addition, he is also in charge of Autofacts in China, which is a PwC global research institute providing automotive industry projection and analysis.

Chris Torrens, APCO’s managing director of the Greater China region, is a veteran risk and compliance expert with more than three decades of experience providing strategic advice for multinational clients across various sectors.

Before joining APCO, Chris worked at Control Risks for more than 20 years, where he served as partner in the Greater China and North Asia region. During this period, he oversaw the growth and diversification of the company’s Chinese client base. Before this role, Chris was based in London as the partner responsible for the Global Risk Analysis practice for Europe, Middle East and Africa, managing all political, security and operational risk analysis for the region.

Chris also served as a Shanghai-based associate director in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ advisory practice and as the Hong Kong-based head of research at Batey Burn, a UK government relations and public affairs consultancy acquired by APCO in 1999.

Chris has lived in Greater China for nearly 25 years. He holds an MBA from the China-Europe International Business School, a BA Honours degree in Modern Chinese Studies from Leeds University and speaks Mandarin. The Economist published his book, “Doing Business in China,” in 2010.

Xiangrong Yu is Citi’s Chief China Economist, based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Citi in 2017, he was a China economist at China International Capital Corporation (CICC) for three years, advising institutional investors. Xiangrong’s earlier roles include economist positions at Hong Kong Monetary Authority and International Monetary Fund.
Xiangrong is a consistently top-ranked China economist. He was ranked No. 1 for Asia (ex-Japan) Economics research in the Institutional Investor (II) Global Fixed-Income Survey in 2023 and 2022. He was No. 2 for Economics research in the II All-Asia Survey in 2023, No. 3 in 2022 and 2021, and runner-up (ranked No. 4) in 2020 and 2019. He was part of the economics team top-ranked in the II All-China Survey in 2016 and 2015. Xiangrong was awarded Best Renminbi Bonds Research Individual by The Asset magazine in 2023.
Xiangrong holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his M.A. and B.A., both in economics, from Peking University. Xiangrong has been frequently cited by international and Chinese media, and his academic work has appeared in leading journals.