CHARM OFFENSIVE

Name: Wang Jianlin

Affiliations: Dalian Wanda Group, People's Liberation Army

Known for: Real estate magnate, film and theater industrialist

Education: Liaoning University

Notable Accomplishments:

· Former richest man in China

· Opening the Oriental Movie Metropolis

· Nine million square meters of property investments

Name: Jack Ma

Affiliations: Alibaba, Tmall, Taobao, Alipay, The Nature Conservancy

Known for: Founding the largest online store in the world, philanthropy, officiating mass weddings

Education: BA in English, Hangzhou Teaching Institute

Notable Accomplishments:

· Founded Alibaba

· Successful IPO of Alibaba

· China's richest man

· One ofTimemagazine's 100 most influential people in the world

Name: Hu Shuli

Affiliations:Caixin Century WeeklyMagazine

Known for: Outstanding news reporting on business, finance, and public affairs

Education: Journalism, Renmin University

Notable Accomplishments:

· Objective and in-depth investigative reporting that initiates social change

· Dean of the School of Communication and Design at Sun Yat-sen University

· Recipient of the 2014 Ramon Magsaysay Award

Name: Wu Changhua

Affiliations: Climate Group

Known for: Fighting climate change

Education: Environmental Policy, University of Maryland; Law Degree, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Notable Accomplishments:

· Greater China Director, Climate Group

· Twenty years as an environment and development policy analyst

· Consultation with the World Bank,

UNEP, and UNDP

· Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council of Climate Change

Name: Yuan Longping

Affiliations: China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center

Known for: Breeding high-yield hybrid rice to end hunger worldwide

Education: Agriculture, Southwest College of Agriculture (Now Southwest University in Chongqing)

Notable Accomplishments:

· Worked as chief consultant of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

· Led hybrid rice research, developing new varieties to improve output

· Trained agriculture personnel from across the world

Name: Chen Guangbiao

Affiliations: China Zhi Gong Party, Jiangsu Huangpu Renewable Resources

Known for: Recycling construction materials, flamboyant philanthropy, earthquake rescue, interest in buying American newspapers

Education: MBA, Nanjing University; BA in Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine

Notable Accomplishments:

· Founding China's largest construction waste company

From opinion-makers to world-shapers, inf l uential Chinese people are changing the world

他們和這個時代：這六個人改變了當今世界的“中國印象”

China's attempts at soft power have been unsuccessful in the extreme, but away from the halls of Chinese government (albeit not too far), there are Chinese people changing the world on their very own. The rise of the Chinese individual in the past few decades has taken the world by storm, and we decided to profile six influential people—masters of science, business, and the environment—that are changing the way the planet views China.