Forbes teams in the U.S. and Europe at the end of last year unveiled a series of lists to honor women working in technology fields. In May this year, Forbes China launched its first annual list to honor 50 Top Women in Tech in mainland China.
The list identified women that are working in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math that are vital to economic growth and national security. All of the listees of the Forbes China 50 Top Women in Tech hold at least one degree in a STEM or STEM-related major. Candidates that didn’t have such a degree were dropped.
Our search for candidates included interviews with venture capitalists, women business leaders, and women leadership groups. We scanned other Forbes lists for candidates and leads, as well as the ranks of top China-related companies in TMT and healthcare-related industries. We included women who work in tech-related positions in multinational companies in China in our survey if they were born and educated in mainland China. We also included notable women in venture capital and government-related positions. In making the final cut, we took into account business size, innovation and influence.
The full list appears below with names in alphabetical order:
-- Anna An, Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Honeywell Advanced Materials
-- Chen Lili , Chairman and General Manager, Wuhan Easy Diagnosis Biomedicine
-- Chen Lan, Vice President of North Asia, CommScope
-- Trudy Dai, President of Wholesales Marketplaces, Alibaba Group
-- Ding Shuji, China Business Strategic Development General Manager, Electronics and Imaging Business Group, DuPont
-- Du Hong, President/COO, Sina
-- Du Lan, Senior Vice President, iFlytech
-- Samantha Du, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Zai Lab
-- Caroline Fu, Partner, Sequoia Capital China
-- Isabel Ge, VP/Greater China Managing Director, Apple
-- Trency Gu, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital China
-- He Tingbo, President, HiSilicon
-- Yuki He, LiveMe CEO and Cheetah Mobile Senior Vice President
-- Huo Caixia, Director, Sihuan Pharma Group R&D Center
-- Sandy Hu, Global Vice President, China President, Texas Instruments
-- Jane Huang, Chief Medical Officer, Hematology, BeiGene
-- Jiang Lin, Vice President, BioSino Bio-Technology & Science Inc.
-- Lei Jufang, Chairman, Tibet Qizheng Tibetan Medicine
-- Li Tan, Director and Vice General Manager, Hepalink
-- Li Mingqin, Vice President, SinoBiopharmaceutical
-- Lin Yonghua, Director, IBM China Research Institute
-- Liu Ying, Partner, Softbank China Capital
-- Jean Liu, President, Didi Chuxing
-- Nina Luan, Executive Product Director of Augmented Reality Platform Team, SenseTime
-- Annabelle Long, Founding and Managing Partner, Bertelsmann Asia Investments
-- Marsha Ma, Vice President and Managing Director of China, Booking.com (see related story here)
-- Mei Jingping, Vice President, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical
-- Shi Jinbo, Co-Founder and Chairman, Quotient Kinematics Machine
-- Su Dongmei, Executive President, 3SBIO
-- Tang Min, Product and Business Strategy Director, National Instruments
-- Vivian Tian, Global Vice President, eBay, and General Manager of eBay China Center of Excellence
-- Tu Youyou, Chief Scientist, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
-- Wang Juhong, Vice President, Tencent
-- Wang Rui, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Group, PRC Country Manager, Intel
-- Wang Ye, Co-founder, Executive Director and President, GenScript Boitech
-- Jane Wang, General Manager of Technical Strategy & Innovation Platform of Lenovo Research
-- Wu Haiyan, Managing Partner, China Growth Capital
-- Xia Yan, Partner, R&D Director, Momenta
-- Xu Feiyu, Lenovo, VP，Head of Lenovo Research AI Lab
-- Helen Xu, Vice President, Head of ATV, Greater China, Infineon Technologies
-- Yan Ying, CTO, Senior Staff Engineer, Blockchain Lab, Ant Financial
-- Jeacy Yan, Partner, IDG Capital
-- Jane Yan, Chairman, Venustech Information Technology Group
-- Bessie Yuan, General Manager of Enterprise Commercial Group, Microsoft China
-- Zhang Dongmei, Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research Asia
-- Zhang Ning, Chairman, Red Avenue New Materials Group
-- Zhang Zhimin, Senior Director of 5G Small Cell Business of Nokia and Head of Nokia Nanjing R&D Center
-- Zhao Ning, Co-Founder, SVP Operations, Global Head of Human Resources, WuXi AppTec
-- Zhong Huijuan, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group
-- Zhuan Yin, Director, Tigermed
--Complied by Carrie Gan and June Li with Maggie Chen, Elaine Mao, Russell Flannery and Fay Wu
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