Dan Wang is the Shanghai-based technology analyst for Gavekal Dragonomics, the economic research firm. He focuses on China’s technology progress (especially in semiconductors), the impacts of US regulatory actions, as well as supply chain relocation. He has given keynotes for a variety of organizations, and his work is widely cited in the press. He is also a contributor to Bloomberg Opinion. Dan previously worked in Silicon Valley and studied philosophy at the University of Rochester.

Mattie Bekink is responsible for the Economist Corporate Network’s China strategy, including programme development and client servicing across China. She also provides support to all Economist Corporate Network programmes worldwide with a China component.

Ms Bekink has extensive experience in the public, private and policy sectors. Prior to joining The Economist Group, she was the Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in the Netherlands. She also ran an eponymous consulting business, advising senior executives from businesses, universities and non-profit organisations on China policy, strategy, public affairs, and corporate social responsibility. Ms Bekink practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, has worked with the US-Asia Law Initiative at NYU Law School and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program, and served in the legal department at General Motors China.

Ms Bekink has a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.