China – a green superpower?

Ma Jun 马军

Founding Director, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)

Ma Jun began his career in 1993 working for the South China Morning Post, where his research on China’s environmental problems spurred him to publish the 1999 book China’s Water Crisis. In 2004 he was selected as a Yale World Fellow. In 2006, Ma Jun founded the non-profit organization the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) in Beijing, China.

Ma Jun has led the development and launch of China’s first environmental public database, the China Pollution Map, as well as the Blue Map (Weilan Ditu), a mobile app that helps the public use “micro-reports” against environmental violations and polluting rivers, and facilitate garbage sorting and recycling. The green supply chain and green finance program and public supervision he and colleagues initiated has motivated more than 16,000 companies to openly address their violation problems or disclose emission data.

In 2006, he was awarded as China’s “Green Person of the Year” and was named as one of TIME Magazine’s World’s 100 Most Influential People. Ma was also honored with the Magsaysay Award in 2009 and Goldman Prize in 2012 for his environmental protection work in China, as well as the 2015 Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship for his innovative approach to address China’s pollution problems. In 2019, Ma was invited as a Special Observer by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Michael Sung

Founding co-director of the Fudan Fanhai Fintech Research Center

Prof. Michael Sung is the founding co-director of the Fudan Fanhai Fintech Research Center at the Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University. Prof. Sung is also Chairman of CarbonBlue Innovations, a cross-border tech-transfer and venture building platform that is focused on rapidly commercialising and scaling internationally-sourced blockchain, fintech, and digital finance innovation to developing countries.

Line Heidenheim Juul

Director of operation, Shanghai Office

Line Heidenheim Juul is a sinologist and leader and has focused on China since 2007. Line has her daily work as Director of Operation for China Experience in China, with a permanent base in Shanghai. Line holds a Master of China studies, speaks Mandarin and has studied at the prestigious Qinghua and Zhejiang University in Beijing and Hangzhou. Line has previously written a thesis on social media and news in China.

In her recent role as “chief connector” she has focused on following the explosive development of Chinese tech companies as well as the success of Nordic and European businesses in the Middle Kingdom.