Board of Directors

Gao Xiqing

Honorary Chair

Board of Trustees, Duke University
Former Vice Chairman and President, China Investment Corporation

Gao Xiqing is the former Vice-Chairman and President of the China Investment Corporation. He was Vice-Chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund of China between February 2003 and 2007, and was Vice-Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) between 1999 and February 2003. He was an adjunct professor at the Law Schools of Tsinghua University, University of Inte...

Liu Jingnan

Honorary Chair

Inaugural Chancellor, Duke Kunshan University
Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering

Professor Liu Jingnan was appointed Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University in 2012. He was born in Chongqing, China, in July 1943. In July 1967, he graduated from the Geodesy Department of Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping and earned his M.S. from Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping. He became president of Wuhan University in July 2003. In 1999, he became a member of the Chinese Ac...

Liu Yaolin

Honorary Chair

Chancellor, Duke Kunshan University

Dr. Yaolin Liu has been the Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University since September 2023. An expert in geographic information science, Liu holds the title of Changjiang Distinguished Professor at Wuhan University, the highest academic honor issued to an individual in higher education by China’s Ministry of Education, and is vice chairman of the Ministry of Education’s Steering Committee ...

Feng Youmei

Honorary Chair

Former Chancellor, Duke Kunshan University

Professor Feng Youmei officially became the Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University in September 2018. Prior to joining Duke Kunshan, Professor Feng served as Executive Vice President of Wuhan University and Dean of Wuhan University Medical School, China. She was formerly President of Tongji Medical University and a key member of the senior leadership team at Huazhong University of Science and...

Feng Cheng

Chair

Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations,
Duke Kunshan University

Ms. FENG Cheng is the Chair of the Duke Kunshan University Education Development Foundation (DKU Foundation), and the Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations at Duke Kunshan University (DKU). In charge of DKU’s fundraising and alumni relations work, Cheng joined DKU in 2013 and has built the DKU Development and Alumni Relations team as well as the DKU Foundation from scratch. Che...

Chen Jingfeng

Vice Chair

Founder and Chairman, China Yun Capital
Chairman, Dazhong Pharmaceutical Group

Mr. Chen has been in the current position since October 2017. Before, he was President of CMC Holdings. He joined Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities (Group) Co., Ltd. as deputy general manager in 1999 and became general manager in 2002. He also worked for Shanghai Centre and Dazhong Transportation Group successively. Mr. Chen was the vice president of Shanghai Young Entrepreneurs Association ...

Gu Haozhe

Secretary General

Mr. Gu Haozhe joined Duke Kunshan University in 2016 and is currently the Secretary General of DKU Foundation, overseeing the daily operation of the foundation. Before his current role, he served as Development Manager at Duke Kunshan University. He was responsible for fundraising and has been critical in the development of University’s donor and alumni database and donor stewardship program...

Bi Weimin

Ex Officio

Finance Department Head, Wuhan University

Mr. Bi Weimin’s career at Wuhan University began in 1991, and successively worked at the University’s various departments and colleges, including the Teaching Affairs Office, Department of Laboratory and Equipment Management, School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering. He has been serving as the head of the Finance Department of Wuhan University since May 2024.

John Quelch

Ex Officio

Executive Vice Chancellor, American President, and Distinguished Professor of Social Science, Duke Kunshan University
John deButts Professor of Practice, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business

Dr. John Quelch is Executive Vice Chancellor, American President, and Distinguished Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University, as well as the John deButts Professor of Practice at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. John is a veteran academic administrator, having served as dean of three leading business schools on three continents: London Business School; the China Europe ...