Brent Yuan joined Yuan Associates in January 2010 and become a partner in January 2017.

As the Senior Director for Yuan Associates, Mr. Yuan is responsible for client services in across multiple sectors like manufacturing, IT, services, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture, etc. Mr. Yuan focuses his energy on helping international clients to promote corporate reputation and address operational challenges, specializing in government relations and external communications. Since July 2016, Mr. Yuan has been the firm’s key trainer for the Government Affairs Certificate Training Program of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, which has received massive positive recognition after close to three years of operation.

Mr. Yuan has valuable experience working with multinational companies, concentrating in public relations, branding, crisis management, and media relations from ten years of professional experience in relevant fields at both media outlets and multinational enterprises. Before joining Yuan Associates, Mr. Yuan worked as a public communication supervisor to several multinational enterprises, including BMW and Amway. Prior to working in the public relations sector, Mr. Yuan started his career as a reporter for China Construction Machinery magazine, during which time he interviewed over 40 presidents of multinational companies.

Mr. Yuan holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Beijing International Studies University.

袁元先生于2010年1月加入远海鹰咨询。作为高级总监，袁元先生主要负责为客户提供政府事务和公共关系服务，他拥有为跨国公司进行政府关系、企业公关、危机管理和媒体公关的丰富经验。

在加入远海鹰咨询之前，袁元先生拥有十年的公共关系和市场沟通领域工作经验。他曾是《中国工程机械》杂志的知名记者，采访过40余位国际企业巨头，之后供职于宝马、安利等跨国公司，担任公关主管。

加入远海鹰咨询之后，袁元先生服务过的客户涵盖制造业、电子信息、服务业、医药等行业，包括老城堡集团、国际纸业、保时捷、益赛瑞普、康明斯、动视暴雪和贸宜等。袁元先生也同时负责政府事务培训和新业务拓展、合作伙伴沟通等工作。

袁元先生拥有北京第二外国语学院经济英语学士学位，能够说写流利的英语。

Mr. Yuan Haiying founded Yuan Associates in February 2004, and since then he and the firm have become major players in China’s growing government affairs industry.
Mr. Yuan has thirty years experience in the Chinese Government, including senior diplomatic postings in Washington D.C., as China’s Agriculture Attaché, and in Rome, as the Alternate Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO). He has been involved in negotiations on numerous bilateral and multilateral agreements in the areas of trade, investment, agriculture, forestry, fishery and environmental protection. For his efforts, Mr. Yuan received an Outstanding Contribution Certificate from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Outstanding Contribution Awards from the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In China, Mr. Yuan was the Director of the Ministry of Forestry’s Department of International Cooperation, where he coordinated the Ministry’s relations and joint projects with foreign governments and international organizations.
After retiring from public service, Mr. Yuan worked as Senior Vice President at Edelman Public Relations for three years and as Vice President at APCO Worldwide for three years. Mr. Yuan chaired the Government Affairs Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce and the China Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC) of the Chinese Government Cooperation Committee. Additionally, he was a Council Member of the China International Public Relations Association (CIPRA) and the Beijing Foreign Investment Association.
Mr. Yuan graduated from Peking University with a degree in English and International Politics. He speaks Mandarin and fluent English.