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Liming Zhu

Liming Zhu

Currently Chief Expert and Deputy Chief Economist at the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Planning Research Institute; Director of the Macroeconomic Research Institute of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Economic Research Institute of the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Planning Research Institute; concurrently serves as a Master’s degree supervisor at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Executive Director of the Zhejiang Research Centre for High-Quality Regional Development, Member of the Advisory Committee to the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government, and Vice-President of the Zhejiang Association for New-Type Think Tanks

Regional and macroeconomic research
Liyun Han

Liyun Han

Adjunct Research Fellow at the Jing Shi Think Tank; Advisory Expert on Emerging Technology Security at the Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Switzerland; former Secretary-General of the 360 Future Security Research Institute

Internet governancecyber security and data securitythe development and security of emerging technologies
Min Li

Min Li

Member of the Zhejiang Provincial Advisory Committee; Advisor to the Expert Committee of the China Digital Economy 100; Chief Expert at the Zhejiang Institute for Information Development; and Deputy Director of the Zhejiang Business Development Institute. Former Deputy Director-General and First-Class Inspector of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology. He has long been responsible for overseeing Zhejiang Province’s efforts in informatisation, artificial intelligence, the digital economy and industrial development, and is a leading expert in China’s digital economy sector.

Digital economyindustry and informatisationregional economy and industrial development
Sureswaran Ramadass

Sureswaran Ramadass

Emeritus Professor, Universiti Sains Malaysia; Chair of the Malaysian IPv6 Forum

Advanced computer network architecturesnext-generation Internet communications infrastructure and network security
Wenlong Li

Wenlong Li

Research Fellow and PhD Supervisor, Institute for Digital Rule of Law, Zhejiang University

Privacy and data protection lawglobal AI regulation and the implementation of standardsmedia and freedom of expression law
Xiao Zhang

Xiao Zhang

Deputy Director of the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC); Member of the Expert Group of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF); Executive Deputy Director of the China IGF

Internet governancedigital policy research and international exchange and cooperationpromoting the development of a global digital governance system and the inclusive development of digital technologies
Xinmin Gao

Xinmin Gao

Former Director of the National Information Centre, former Vice-Chairman of the Internet Society of China, and member of the Expert Advisory Committee of the Internet Society of China

Enterprise internet applicationsonline marketing
Yan Ma

Yan Ma

Professor at the School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Deputy Director of the Internet Technology Technical Committee of the Chinese Computer Society. He has previously held various external positions, including Executive Committee Member of the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC). He is currently a Director of the Chinese Association of Senior Professors and a member of the Expert Committee of the China Education and Research Network (CERNET).

Network technologycampus computer network developmentthe national academic network CERNET
Yuan Tian

Yuan Tian

Research Fellow, Zhejiang Academy of Human Resources and Social Security Sciences

Internet industry governancelabour economics and policy analysis
Zhihua Yan

Zhihua Yan

Currently serves as a Research Fellow and Deputy Secretary-General at the Jiangsu Zijin Media Think Tank; Vice-President of the Jiangsu Public Relations Association, concurrently serving as Chair of the Academic Committee and Chief Public Opinion Expert; Member of the Public Opinion Professional Committee at the Public Opinion Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Research Fellow and Supervising Lecturer in Public Opinion at the Institute of Public Opinion and Crisis Management, Nanjing Normal University. He also holds positions as a visiting professor at several universities and acts as a media and public opinion adviser to numerous provincial and departmental government bodies.

online public opinioncrisis managementmedia convergence and public relations