Jian Sheng Zhang

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (China AMC) is the asset management subsidiary of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. Headquartered in Beijing, the firm was founded in 1998 and provides a full range of services to domestic and international retail and institutional clients from US, Canada, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Germany, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and many more, covering equity, fixed income, money markets, and other financial instruments. In 2017, China AMC has joined the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), becoming the first full service asset manager in China to join the organization.

Hwabao WP Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Hwabao FM) is an independent Chinese fund management firm which was founded as a joint venture between Baosteel Group (HWABAO Trust Co. Ltd.) and Societe Generale Group in 2003. It is now owned by Hwabao Trust Co., Ltd. (51%), Warburg Pincus Asset Management LP (29%) and Jiangsu Railway Group Co., Ltd. (20%). Headquartered in Shanghai, Hwabao FM manages funds for institutional investors.

GF Fund Management Co., Ltd. (GF) is the fund management subsidiary of GF Securities Co., Ltd. (SHE: 000776, HK: 1776) in China. Headquartered in Guangzhou, GF was founded in 2003 and provides comprehensive services in asset management containing mutual funds, specific customers’ assets management (Discretionary Account), securities investment advisory, QDII programs, insurance funds entrusted management and social security funds in the PRC.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Soochow Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Soochow) is the asset management subsidiary of Soochow Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 601555) in China. The firm was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Shanghai. Soochow provides the majority of investors with traditional asset and fund management service, and developing asset management products and services according to asset size and customer needs.

China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd. (CUAM) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Shanghai, China. Founded in 2005, CUAM manages a range of Chinese equity and fixed-income mutual funds and segregated mandates for retail and institutional clients.

Bank of Communications Schroder Fund Management Co., Ltd. (BOCOM Schroders) is an independent Chinese fund management firm which was founded in 2005 through a joint venture between Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (65%), Schroders plc (30%), and China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd. (5%). Headquartered in Shanghai, BOCOM Schroders manages the BOCUM mutual fund range.

Zhonghai Trust Co., Ltd. is the asset management subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp., itself a subsidiary of China state-owned Assets Supervision & Administration Commission. The firm is jointly invested by China National Offshore Oil Corporation Limited (60%) and China CITIC Limited (40%). Headquartered in Shanghai, the firm’s trust business is spread throughout Beijing, Tianjin, Guangdong, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hunan, Sichuan, and Guangxi. Founded in 1997, Zhonghai Trust provides a wealth management of financial products and services such as private investment banking, securities investment, asset securitization, and overseas financial management to individual and institutional clients.

Zhonghai Fund Management Co., Ltd. operates as an independent investment adviser. It manages a range of funds and provides investment advice. Its business scope covers fund raising, fund sales, and asset management. The company was founded on March 18, 2004 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Zhong Ou Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Zhong Ou AM) is a fund management firm headquartered in Shanghai, China. Formerly known as Lombarda China Fund Management Co., Ltd., the firm was founded in 2006 as a joint venture between UBI, Guodu Securities Co., Ltd., China Private Ventures (Beijing) Ltd. and WinnerKey Investment Co., Ltd. Zhong Ou AM manages mutual funds and provides financial advisory services to both Chinese and global institutional, as well as retail investors.

Shenwan Hongyuan (International) Holdings Ltd. operates as an investment holding firm. The company was founded on October 29, 1992 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

SWS MU Fund Management Co., Ltd. (SWS MU) is the fund management subsidiary of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., ultimately held by Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. (SHE: 000166) in China. The firm was founded in 2004 as SYWG BNP Paribas Asset Management Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Japan-based Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. and Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Co. Ltd. In 2011 the firm changed their name to SWS MU Fund Management Co. Ltd. after Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. reached an agreement with BNP Paribas Investment Partners to buy a significant minority stake with Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Co. Ltd. retaining the remaining majority stake in the joint venture. Headquartered in Shanghai, SWS MU manages a range of open-end funds.

Caitong Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Caitong FM) is the Chinese fund management firm founded in 2011 through a joint venture between Caitong Securities Co Ltd., Hangzhou Industrial Investment Group and Zhejiang Shenghua Biok Biology Co Ltd. Headquartered in Shanghai, Caitong FM manages a range of funds for high-net worth individual and institutional investors.

Taiping Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Taiping FM) is the fund management subsidiary of Taiping Asset Management Co. Ltd., which is ultimately held by the Government of China. The firm is headquartered in Shanghai and was founded in 2013. They provide a range of fund management services for individual and institutional investors.

Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd. (Invt Mgmt) (SWS IM), is the investment management division of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., ultimately held by State-owned China Investment Corp. in China. Created in 1996 when the former Shanghai Shenyin Securities Company and Shanghai International Securities Company merged, the firm performs investment management activities for Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., which itself provides securities brokerage, securities investment consultation, financial advisory related to securities trading and investment activities, proprietary trading, securities underwriting and sponsoring, securities assets management, distribution of securities investment fund products and introducing broker services for futures companies.