Father of Taiwanese Industrial Design

Winner of Nearly 100 International Industrial Design Awards

CEO of GIXIA GROUP (Taiwan)

Taiwan industrial designer, graduated with a master's degree from the Graduate School of Industrial Design at Dayeh University. Served as a graphic engineer at Acer Computer Company in 1990 and was promoted to industrial designer one year later; founded Duck Image Studio in 1996, serving as its design director. Established GIXIA GROUP in 2010 and currently serves as its CEO. To date, has accumulated 121 international awards, including the Red Dot Design Award, iF Design Award, IDEA Industrial Design Excellence Award, and Japan's G-Mark Design Award. Recognized as the "pride of Chinese designers" in Taiwan's design community, this individual also holds the record for the most awards received in Asian design.

China Design Pioneer

Recipient of Nearly 100 Domestic & International Design Awards

Founder of KUMU Design (Guangzhou)

Member of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) and IOPP (International Organization of Packaging Professionals); ICAD International Commercial Art Designer (Grade A); Visiting Professor at the College of Fine Arts, Jiangxi Normal University; National Vocational Skill Appraiser (Packaging Designer); Judge for China Packaging Yearbook. Recognized as Top Ten Designer of Guangdong (2008) and Top Ten Designer of China (2015). Served as Standing Committee Member of the Design Committee of China Packaging Federation (2016), Vice Director of Guangdong Packaging Association Design Committee, Supervisor of Guangzhou Creative Industry Association, and Chairman of GBDO Guangdong Star Creative Design Award Organizing Committee. Award honors include: WorldStar Award, US IDEA Design Award, Japan GOOD DESIGN Award, Italy A'Design Award, iF Design Award, red dot design award, China Packaging Star Design Award, China Star Design Award, China Golden Finger Award, Central-South Star Design Award, Guangdong Star Design Award, and Guangzhou Daily Cup Chinese Creative Award.

Vice Director of the Design Committee, Fujian Packaging Technology Association

Secretary-General of Xiamen Industrial Design Association

Dean and Professor, Department of Design Arts, Xiamen University of Technology

Kang Bing, Dean and Professor of the Department of Design Arts at Xiamen University of Technology, has won over 30 national, provincial, and municipal industrial design awards; his published monograph "Fundamentals and Applications of Visual Communication" has been recognized as a national planned textbook and an outstanding textbook by the Ministry of Education; he holds multiple social positions including Vice Chairman of the Municipal Artists Association, Top Talent of the City, Secretary-General of the Municipal Industrial Design Association, and Vice Director of the Design Committee of the Provincial Packaging Technology Association. In 2012, he served as a judge for the China Excellent Industrial Design Awards. From 2013 to 2019, he was the Head and Deputy Head of the Expert Panel for the Cross-Strait Industrial Design Awards.

President, Xiamen Industrial Design Association

National Leading Talent in Industrial Design (China)

Chairman, Xiamen Daqian Zhenyu Industrial Product Design Co., Ltd.

Chairman of Xiamen Daqian Zhenyu Industrial Product Design Co., Ltd.; Director of Xiamen Industrial Design Public Service Platform; Standing Vice President of the Entrepreneur Alliance for Leading Talents under China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). A seasoned industrial design professional recognized as a Leading Industrial Design Talent in China, with over 20 years of experience in industrial product R&D.

China's Leading Talent in Industrial Design

Council Member, China Industrial Design Association

Innovation Design Director, Xiamen Solux Technology Co., Ltd.

Senior Industrial Art Designer and Executive Vice President of Xiamen Industrial Design Association. Awarded the 2018 Guanghua Longteng Award - China's Top 100 Young Designers, and honored as one of Xiamen's First Top Ten Designers in 2019. To date, has personally led or participated in the application of over 140 design and utility model patents, and accumulated more than 100 domestic and international design awards, including 10 German Red Dot Awards, 13 German iF Awards, 3 Japanese G-Mark Awards, 4 American IDEA Awards, and 49 CEID China Excellent Industrial Design Awards (Finalist). The Solux Industrial Design Center under his leadership became the first team in China's sanitary ware industry to win all four major global industrial design awards. In 2016, 25 of his works were shortlisted for China Excellent Industrial Design Awards, ranking first in the industry at provincial and municipal levels. From 2013 to 2015, successfully led the Solux Industrial Design Team to achieve consecutive recognitions as Municipal, Provincial, and National-level Industrial Design Centers.

Vice Director, Fujian Packaging Federation Design Committee

Professor, College of Crafts and Fine Arts, Fuzhou University

Zhang Ming is currently a Professor at the College of Crafts and Fine Arts, Fuzhou University. He graduated from Fujian Arts and Crafts School (now College of Crafts and Fine Arts, Fuzhou University) with a major in Lacquer Painting in 1981, completed the Industrial Design program at Fujian Arts and Crafts School in 1988, and earned his degree from the College of Fine Arts, Fujian Normal University in 2003. His primary research focuses on Industrial Design and Art Design, and his works have received Silver Awards, Excellence Awards, and Merit Awards in national and provincial exhibitions.

President, Industrial Design Research Institute

PhD Advisor/Professor, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Huaqiao University

Song Wu, Council Member of the Industrial Design Branch of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, currently serves as President of the Industrial Design Research Institute; Professor; and Professor/Discipline Leader of the Industrial Design Department at the School of Mechatronics and Automation. Graduated from the Industrial Design Department of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1996 with both bachelor's and master's degrees. Obtained a Ph.D. in Design Science with a specialization in Ergonomics from Chiba University, Japan in 2013. Previously held positions as Associate Professor at Shenyang Aerospace University's School of Design Arts; Researcher at University of Tsukuba, Japan; Postdoctoral Fellow and Special Appointed Researcher at Chiba University, Japan; Researcher at Musashino Art University, Japan; and Full-time Researcher at Japan Design Foundation. Has led or participated in multiple key scientific research projects.

Dean and Professor, School of Art and Design, Jimei University

Member, China Industrial Design Association & China Interior Designers Association

Chen Qiduan, male, holds a Master's degree from the School of Art and Design at Wuhan University of Technology, and currently serves as Professor and Dean of the School of Fine Arts at Jimei University. He is a Member of the China Industrial Design Association, Council Member of the Fujian Industrial Design Association, Member of the China Interior Designers Association, Council Member of the Fujian Interior Designers Association, Member of the Fujian Artists Association, and Expert Committee Member of both the Xiamen Interior Designers Association and Xiamen Industrial Designers Association.

Dean/Professor, School of Design Arts, Xiamen University of Technology;

Standing Council Member, Fujian Artists Association

Meng Weidong, Dean and Professor of the School of Design Arts at Xiamen University of Technology, serves as Standing Council Member of Fujian Artists Association, Director of the Graphic Design Art Committee of Fujian Artists Association, Director of the Graphic Design Professional Committee of Xiamen Artists Association, President of Xiamen Interior Decoration Association, and Expert Panel Member of China Interior Decoration Association. He has led and participated in multiple provincial and ministerial-level projects. His works have received awards including the "Five Ones" Project Award (cooperative) from the Ministry of Culture, "China Star" Excellence Award, Team Award for Gift Design at the BRICS Leaders Xiamen Summit (cooperative), "Packaging Star" Excellence Award, and were selected for the First National Graphic Design Competition.

Outstanding Expert, Ministry of Culture of China

Deputy Director, China Furnishing Arts Committee & Chairman, WANQIAN TANG

Cai Wanya, born in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, is a Senior Interior Designer, Member of the Interior Design Branch of China Architecture Society, Outstanding Expert of the Ministry of Culture, Senior Interior Architect, Deputy Director of the Furnishing Art Committee of China Interior Decoration Association, Council Member of the Cross-Strait Architectural Interior Design Exchange Center, Chairman of the WANQIAN TANG Brand, President of Taiyuan Southern Design Institute in Shanxi Province, Sixth Batch "Top Talent" of Siming District in Xiamen, Eighth Batch "Top Talent" of Xiamen Municipal Government, and Council Member of the Interior Design Branch of China Architecture Society.

Professor, Department of Industrial Design

Ph.D. in Design Science, National Chiba University, Japan

Professor and Master's Supervisor at the Department of Industrial Design, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and Automation, Huaqiao University. Obtained a Ph.D. in Design Science from Chiba University, Japan in September 2012. Formerly served as Researcher at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan, and was a Visiting Scholar at Tokyo University of the Arts, University of Tsukuba (Japan), and Virginia Tech (USA).

Associate Professor, School of Art and Design, Jimei University

Researcher, Fujian Illustration & Picture Book Art Think Tank

Currently serving as Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor in the Visual Communication Design Department, School of Art and Design, Jimei University; Director of the Training Department; Researcher at the Usljam·Slam Academician Team of Jimei University; Member of Fujian Artists Association; Researcher at Fujian Illustration & Picture Book Art Think Tank; Council Member of Jimei District Calligraphers & Painters Association in Xiamen. Professional research focus: Visual Communication Design, with recent emphasis on the application and innovation of traditional Chinese cultural elements in design.

Creative Director, JUNO Creative Integration (Taiwan)

Chairman, Taiwan Industrial Designers Association

Chief Curator, 2020 Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taichung

Executive Director, AAD (Asian Visual Arts Exchange Platform)

Editor-in-Chief, CTA (Creative Talk Asia)

Member, Hong Kong Design Centre

The works have been awarded the German iF Design Award, two-time DFA Design for Asia Awards Bronze Prize in Graphic Design, HKDA Global Design Awards Excellence Award in Poster Design, Canada's APPLIED ARTS International Competition Finalist Award in Poster Design, China International Poster Biennale Finalist Award, Hong Kong Poster Triennial Finalist Award, Hong Kong IDN International Digital Design Competition Finalist Award, featured in the 2010 China Emerging Designers Annual, and consecutively selected for three editions of the ADC Asia-Pacific Design Annual, as well as the 20/20 Macao Typography 100% Design Exchange Exhibition, Dalian Graphic Design Biennale, and Shanghai International Poster Biennale, among other prestigious honors. The works are permanently collected by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong Design Centre, and Xiamen Art Museum.

Secretary-General of the We-Media Committee, China Advertising Association of Commerce;

Board Member, Effie Awards Greater China;

CEO, Winlink Digital

Ten years east of the river, on the client side; ten years west of the river, on the agency side. What changes is the client-agency dynamic; what remains constant is the marketing profession. On the client side: Million-Dollar Product Development Award, Marketing Innovation Award, Marketing Golden Tripod Award. On the agency side: Effie, Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Media Awards, Gold/Silver Case Awards, UK Big Ben Award.

Professor, Xiamen University

Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Xiamen Media Group

Co-founder, Xiamen TV Station

Professor Zou Zhendong, Ph.D. in History, serves as a Doctoral Advisor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Xiamen University, and is a recipient of the State Council Special Allowance. Formerly Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Xiamen Media Group, he was one of the founders and the inaugural Director of Xiamen TV, honored as one of China's Top Ten Outstanding Television Theorists, Fujian Province's Double Top Ten Journalists, Xiamen's Top Talent, Fujian Province's "Four Batches" Talent, and Chairman of Xiamen Television Artists Association.

Vice President, BlueFocus Group

Dean, BlueFocus Research Institute

Judge, London International Awards & Mandarin Creative Awards

Professor, Wuhan University

Ph.D. in Management

Ph.D. Supervisor

Director of the Media Big Data Research Center at Wuhan University Big Data Research Institute; Founder of Media Evaluation System for Listed Media Companies - "Media Cool"; Independent Director of Zhiyin Media Group (2012-2018). Main research areas: Media Operations and Management; Strategic Management of Publishing Enterprises; Development of Media Conglomerates. In 2006, served as Visiting Professor at University of South China; in 2007, funded by China Scholarship Council, conducted research on the American periodical industry as a Visiting Scholar at Pace University, USA. Led and completed the National Social Science Fund project "Institutional Reform and Micro-Operational Mechanisms of Publishing and Distribution Enterprises." Published three monographs: Modern Publishing Enterprise Management, Modern Publishing Enterprise Management (Second Edition), and Research on the Development of China's Publishing Enterprise Groups.

Vice President, Qingbo Big Data

External Master's Supervisor, School of Journalism, Hebei University

Visiting Professor, Wuhan Technology and Business University

With years of deep-rooted expertise in internet public opinion theory research and practical application, I possess profound insights into the development patterns and cutting-edge trends of new media. I have conducted over 40 keynote speeches and training sessions, published 10+ high-quality research papers, and led/participated in 10+ NSFC, SSFC and million-yuan horizontal research projects. Leading a team of 100+ researchers at Qingbo Research Institute, delivered tens of thousands of high-quality annual reports, serving clients across government agencies and enterprises.

Professor, Renmin University of China

Pioneer Scholar in New Media Research & Education

Minjiang Scholar Award Recipient

Professor Kuang Wenbo has consistently ranked among the most frequently cited scholars in CSSCI-indexed papers and monographs. He was selected for the MOE's New Century Excellent Talents Support Program in 2007. Since 2007, Professor Kuang has served as Secretary-General of the Journalism Committee under the Higher Education Self-Study Examination Committee, while maintaining long-standing roles as Standing Council Member of the Chinese Society for Science and Technology Journalism. In 2017, he was honored as a Distinguished Scholar by Renmin University of China.

Professor, Beijing Normal University

Member of the Advisory Committee, International Chinese Communication Association

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PhD Advisor; Associate Director, New Media Communication Research Center, Beijing Normal University; Fulbright Visiting Scholar (China-US). Visiting Scholar at University of Pennsylvania, University of California San Diego, City University of Hong Kong, and Chinese University of Hong Kong. Holds a BA in English from Hubei University, MA in Journalism from Wuhan University, and PhD in Communication Studies. Research interests include: New Media Studies, Communication Ethics & Regulations, Communication Theory & Research Methods, Media Convergence, Internet Governance & Cyber Law, Communication & Information Law, Film/TV Communication, International & Cross-cultural Communication.

Professor, Hebei University

Master's Supervisor in Online Journalism

Standing Council Member, Online Communication History Society of Chinese Association for History of Journalism

Professor Wang Qiuju specializes in online journalism and internet communication research, and currently serves as Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Hebei University. She is a Master's Supervisor in online journalism, Standing Council Member of both the Online Communication History Society and Public Opinion Research Society under the Chinese Association of News History, expert member of Sina Weibo Community Committee, Council Member of Hebei Youth Theory Research Association, and Standing Committee Member of the Electronic & Online Editing Committee under the Chinese Editors' Association.

Associate Dean, School of Informatics, Xiamen Universit

Postdoctoral Fellow, Tsinghua University

1991.9-2001.8: Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees from Central South University; 2001.9-2003.12: Postdoctoral Fellow at Tsinghua University; 2004.1-present: Faculty member at School of Software Engineering, Xiamen University (appointed Professor in 2011.8, PhD Advisor in 2012.8), served as Head of Digital Media Engineering Department at XMU Software School, appointed Associate Dean of XMU School of Informatics since 2019.7, member of IEEE and ACM. Has led 66 research projects funded by National Ministry of Education, NDRC, NSFC, National Key Technologies R&D Program, Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology, etc. Developed 26 nationally certified software products and obtained 8 authorized national invention patents.