Mr. Zhou Xiaoming currently serves as a visiting professor at the Northwest University of Electric Power, non-resident research fellow at the China Academy of international Trade and Economic Cooperation under the Ministry of Commerce, and a senior fellow at China Center for Globalization. He is a regular contributor to Chinese media such as Global Times，Reference News and Observer, China-US Focus in Hong Kong, and Financial Times in the UK.

Mr. Zhou’ career in international economic cooperation and commerce spans some 40 years, with a wealth of experience and expertise in policy formulation and implementation at both bilateral and multilateral levels. He consecutively served as Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Papua New Guinea, Counsellor at the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney, Australia, Minister Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy to the UK, and Deputy Permanent Representative at the Chinese Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva and Other International Organizations. In China, he worked as Deputy Director-General at the China International Center for Economic and Technological Exchanges, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Foreign Investment of the Shenzhen Municipal Government, and Deputy Director-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of International Trade and Economic Cooperation. He also served as the President of China Chamber of Commerce of Import & Export of Medicine & Health Products.

Mr. Zhou was a visiting scholar at University of British Columbia in Canada at the beginning of 1980’s, and holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University in New York.

Jens Ewert is a Senior Partner with Deloitte based in Shanghai office and China Firm since 2002, and has over 30 years of working experience in the professional services. He is a member of Deloitte China Eastern Region Management team for many years already.

Jens responsibilities include:
Deloitte services to Multinational Clients (MNC) in China. This covers our combined store front of Advisory services (Consulting, Financial Advisory, Tax & Legal and Risk Advisory) as well as our Audit & Assurance services. Leading the Deloitte China Life Science & Health Care Industry – covering an dedicated industry team comprising over 600+ partners and professionals focused on working with Life Science & Pharma companies as well as Healthcare and related services groups.

Jens is currently a Board member at the EUCCC Shanghai Chapter and the National Chair of the Investment Working group since 2016 at the EU Chamber in China. He started his career in 1988 in France, and other than China, he has been living and working Hungary (1990-94), the US, Vietnam (1995-98) and Indonesia (1998-99).

Jens holds German and French nationalities, and calls France – beyond Shanghai - his home. He received his education in France (Paris), University Paris Dauphine and the Institut des Sciences Politiques de Paris, and holds a CPA Australia license. He is a passionate Tennis and Golf player in Shanghai, when time permits.

Rex Gu is Chief Financial Officer of Maersk Group’s Far East Operations Centre, which consists of landside and ocean operations, procurement and supplier management across Korea, Japan, Russian Far East and Greater China.

Joined A.P. Moller – Maersk as management trainee in 2007, Rex has accumulated his international career with commercial and financial leadership roles spanning across Hong Kong, Australia, Russia, Finland, Baltics, and Mainland China. Prior to his current CFO role based in Shanghai, he was General Manager of Corporate Finance for Maersk's Asia Pacific Region based in Hong Kong, which consists of Greater China, North East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

Rex holds a MBA degree with distinction from The University of Manchester, and is currently pursuing his doctorate with Università Bocconi. Being CPA and Chartered Management Accountant, Rex is also a global committee member of AICPA, and an elected member of Chatham House, and has completed his executive studies at Oxford University and INSEAD.

Dr. Zhang is the Network Director of the Economist Corporate Network at Shanghai. He is also leading the Economist Corporate Network's economic and business research in China.

Before joining The Economist Group, Dr. Zhang was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was also a Visiting Scholar at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Dr. Zhang has extensive research experience in the Chinese economy, particularly China's monetary and fiscal policies, from both academic and policy perspectives. His research journey on the Chinese economy started at the Asian Development Bank in 2011. As a faculty member at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dr. Zhang leads two state-funded research projects as the principal investigator. Dr. Zhang's research has been presented at numerous international academic conferences and published in several prominent academic journals. At Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he taught macroeconomics and finance.

Dr. Guoxiong Zhang graduated from the University of California, Irvine, with a Ph.D. in Economics and an MS in Statistics. He also holds a BA in Economics from Zhejiang University.