Wang Zeyuan has long been engaged in the research on traditional food systems and their sustainable applications, exploring the wisdom of traditional diet and health preservation, biodiversity and the value of medicinal and edible homology, as well as their integration path with the modern food industry. His footprints cover more than 10 countries across five continents. He has participated in the compilation of policy documents of many international organizations, won the first prize in the special event of the World Food Forum, and contributed to the implementation of global food sustainable development.

Selena Wu holds a PhD in Microelectronics from Fudan University and is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. She has long been engaged in the fields of 6G communication semiconductors, AI Agent and robotics, and has founded a number of cutting-edge scientific and technological innovation and public welfare academic platforms. She has published more than 41 papers and holds more than 12 patents, obtained the special AI certification from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and organized more than 15 high-end academic and industrial activities, empowering the sustainable innovation and development of the intelligent industry with cutting-edge technology.

Douglas Zhou is the Chairman of Shenglv Qimeng Public Welfare, a PhD candidate at Fudan University, and holds a Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania. He once served as the core management of an AI unicorn enterprise, founded a number of public welfare organizations and technology enterprises, and was selected into the honors such as "Powerful Youth of the Country", "National Upward and Good Youth", Forbes 30 Under 30, and China Literature and Art Criticism Award. He has published a number of papers in core journals, and has long focused on artificial intelligence, international politics and social innovation.

He is a fashion creative designer deeply engaged in the fragrance field. His works have won dozens of international authoritative awards, including the German Red Dot Award, Italian A'Design Award, MUSE Design Award, French Design Award, London Design Award, Golden Pin Design Award, and PENTAWARDS. He has always been committed to promoting the practical development of the industry with innovative, green and sustainable design language.

Xueyi Fu is the President of the Columbia Global ESG Leadership Association and the Founder of HeaLink Bio. Through CGELA, she leads youth-focused sustainability initiatives and helps organize the Columbia Global Sustainability Summit, connecting students, scholars, industry leaders, nonprofits, and public-sector stakeholders. Through HeaLink Bio, she is building a platform focused on BioHealth, longevity medicine, preventive health, and cross-border health resources. Her work centers on connecting people, knowledge, and resources to advance youth leadership, global collaboration, and long-term sustainable impact.

Dr. Pan focuses on the implementation of new energy projects to promote the popularization of clean energy, relies on lightweight cutting-edge technology to help industrial innovation and upgrading, and practices responsible production and circular economy through the transformation of solid waste in mining areas. He is committed to promoting the commercialization and industrial implementation of interdisciplinary technologies, bringing sustainable and systematic changes to the industry.

Helin Tu is a luxury fashion and eyewear Creative Director and Brand & Product Strategy Consultant working at the intersection of product strategy, brand management, and cross-cultural market development. With experience spanning heritage luxury houses and contemporary American fashion, she translates brand DNA and cultural insight into focused, scalable multi-category product and assortment strategies with measurable commercial, brand, and long-term sustainable impact.

Jasmine once worked at 21C Lab of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), researching next-generation battery products, and has been engaged in scientific research in related fields at the National University of Singapore, University of California, Los Angeles and Imperial College London successively. She led the content design and overseas strategic expansion of the Harvard China Innovation and Investment Summit, linked the innovation ecosystems in China, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and other regions through a global venture capital community, continuously promoted multilateral exchanges among global innovation hubs in the fields of advanced technology, business models and investment hotspots, and helped entrepreneurs in the new era face a sustainable future.

Dr. Hanyang Lin is currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, a Researcher at the California-China Climate Institute, and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, where he once won the Tsinghua First-Class Scholarship. His research focuses on the power market mechanism for low-carbon and sustainable development. He has published 12 SCI journal papers and serves as a reviewer for many top journals. As a core member, he built China's first virtual power plant management center, deployed the Shenzhen market trading module, achieved 102 accurate responses, created economic benefits of 150 million yuan, and his achievements have been reported by People's Daily, Xinhuanet, CGTN, etc.

Claire Bai is an Assistant Professor of Advertising at Syracuse University with over a decade of experience in marketing and data science. She has led growth strategies and marketing initiatives for globally recognized brands and platforms. She is the founder of Bonjour Data, a marketing agency driving brand growth and global expansion, and Bonjour Girls, a global nonprofit empowering Asian women through community and leadership development. Her work bridges commercial innovation and social impact, advancing a more inclusive and sustainable future.

Cindy Le is the founder and CEO of Immerse AI, a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup building AI products focused on companionship and creative expression. Her research in generative AI has been published at conferences including CVPR and ICCV. Since 2018, she has also built a global audience through writing and advocacy on technology, AI, and gender equity in STEM. She previously worked as a software engineer at Google and holds a Computer Science degree from Columbia University.

Gianna is the co-founder of Mengyu Education Group, a Master's graduate in Thai Studies from Chulalongkorn University, and a current PhD candidate. She has long been engaged in the practice of China-ASEAN education cooperation, promoting the two-way flow of study tours to China and study in Southeast Asia, covering vocational education and higher education systems, and serving universities and student groups in many countries. Her research focuses on regional politics, Chinese society and education modernization, and she is committed to promoting regional education interconnection and sustainable development.

Zhang Chengcheng brings extensive experience across the private and public sectors, specializing in partnership development, stakeholder engagement, and strategic communication to drive entrepreneurship, innovation, and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Yujie Zhang is a PhD candidate at Monash University, jointly supervised by Monash University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). He also serves as the Academic Planning Director of Global Horizon Education (Malaysia). His research focuses on green building operation, net-zero transition, and sustainable development. In parallel, he contributes to the institution’s development in Kuala Lumpur, supporting education and study-abroad services for learners of all ages across Singapore and Malaysia.

He has nearly ten years of practical experience in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and once provided DEI strategic consulting for Fortune 500 companies. He once participated in the L'Autre Cercle Workplace Inclusion Report and released it at the 2021 Copenhagen Human Rights Forum. He has long been engaged in gender education on family relationship repair of sexual minorities and anti-discrimination on campus, is committed to transforming SDG 5 & 10 into action plans, and promotes sustainable social change with education as the lever and business as the carrier.

Stella Liu is the founding partner of SilkenPath Law, a licensed attorney in California and New York State, focusing on Sino-US cross-border investment, financing and M&A transactions. She serves clients including Chinese and US listed companies, covering highly regulated industries such as AI and biomedicine. She once worked at the top international law firm Hogan Lovells, and graduated with honors from Peking University Law School and Columbia Law School.

A PhD Candidate at Chulalongkorn University, Mr. Hu advances Ocean Literacy through culturally grounded, non-formal education aligned with SDG 4 and SDG 14. As a fellow of SDSN Youth’s Local Pathways Fellowship, he designs transnational, youth-led initiatives—such as “The Dolphin as a Catalyst”—bridging sustainable cities and marine conservation across Haikou and Bangkok. Serving with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Education and Communication, he promotes youth strategy, cross-sector partnerships, and inclusive engagement, contributing to SDG 17 through collaborative, education-driven solutions for resilient coastal futures.

Chenji Lu is a young engineering innovator in the field of sustainable aviation and electric flight safety. He once participated in the COP25 Climate Conference as a youth representative, and continuously promotes the innovation and engineering transformation of green aviation safety technology, helping to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals SDG 9 and SDG 13.

Dr. Dai is a power system engineer at the National Energy System Operator of the UK, and has long been engaged in power grid stability analysis, renewable energy grid connection and energy transition strategy. He presides over a number of power system optimization and low-carbon technology projects, and is committed to improving the reliability and sustainability of modern energy systems.

Qiuxia Gao is a researcher dedicated to understanding how global challenges—such as climate change and energy transition—reshape development outcomes across countries and communities. Her work examines how policy responses redistribute environmental and social costs, particularly for the Global South, with research published in Nature Climate Change. Through evidence-based research, she aims to inform more inclusive and sustainable policy solutions, supporting global progress toward SDG 13: Climate Action and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.

He focuses on cross-cultural Chinese teaching, and is good at designing practical, easy-to-understand and warm Chinese courses according to the characteristics of learners with different native language backgrounds. He pays attention to the combination of language application and cultural infiltration, helps overseas learners master practical Chinese from basic pronunciation to fluent expression, feel the charm of Chinese culture, and accompany the growth of every Chinese learner with heart.

The non-profit public welfare organization "Clear Spring Project" is committed to integrating multidisciplinary means such as chemistry and biology to evaluate the drinking water quality of rural schools, and improve water quality through the construction of water purification equipment. It has benefited tens of thousands of children and won more than 50 awards.

Brandon is a 2024 MBA candidate in Entrepreneurship Management at Zhejiang University, studying under Professor Zheng Gang, focusing on early-stage science and technology innovation incubation and capital docking. He is currently the Chairman of the MBA Entrepreneurship Club of Zhejiang University, the senior mentor of the 5th "Z+" Science and Technology Innovation Camp, and an expert in the expert database of Hangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau. He empowers young entrepreneurs with professionalism and builds a sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

He has long been committed to the research of automobile energy saving and low-carbon technology, has contributed to a number of intelligent connected vehicle and sustainable transportation projects in China, Singapore and the United States, promoted the application and implementation of related technologies, and helped achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of Climate Action (SDG 13) and Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11).

Nancy Kang is a cross-border actor in business, fashion, sports and international governance. She is the director of the luxury brand project of China University of Political Science and Law, and the monitor of the experimental class of the School of Fashion of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, committed to promoting leadership in the sustainable development of luxury goods. She also serves ICDPASO and is deeply involved in the sustainable development of the global economy.

Boying Wang holds a PhD in Food Science from Massey University in New Zealand, and is currently a R&D Scientist at Anfa Group New Zealand. She focuses on precision fermentation and functional food innovation, and is committed to promoting the upgrading of the health industry and the transformation of scientific research results with sustainable technology.

Jasper is the initiator of the Linghuo Youth series of brands. He has been engaged in youth activities since 2015. He has participated in hundreds of large-scale events at home and abroad, including the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the Han Hong Foundation's Aid to Heilongjiang Action. He initiated the Linghuo Youth brand, which organizes more than 1,000 events nationwide every year, drives more than 100,000 people to participate in youth public welfare projects, and has won numerous honors.

As an engineer, he has been deeply engaged in the front line of environment and sustainable development for more than ten years, and participated in a number of environmental prevention and control projects as a core member. He innovates environmental publicity and education methods, creates environmental protection stage plays, jointly launches environmental protection talk shows with the Party Branch of Tsinghua University, and turns magic into environmental protection classes. He serves as an industry mentor in many universities to train young talents.

I graduated from Beijing Jiaotong University. Since 2015, I have served as the General Manager of Guangli Intellectual Property Agency and Co., Ltd. Since 2025, I have served as the General Manager of Guangli Embodied Intelligence (Humanoid Robot) Co., Ltd. As the general manager and the general person in charge of sales, marketing and foreign affairs, I have held the position since 2015. At present, independent legal person companies have been established and operated normally in Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Suzhou, and a humanoid robot R&D center has been set up in Beijing. I have won the honor of Young Talent in Intellectual Property in the Yangtze River Delta, and the firm has won the honor of the first batch of foreign-related intellectual property institutions in Jiangsu Province. In 2025, I was the only representative recommended by the industry to take the stage at the first Jiangsu Entrepreneurs Conference (hosted by the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government). In 2025, I was the only entrepreneur representative in Suzhou recommended by the Federation of Industry and Commerce of Jiangsu Province to go to Hong Kong to participate in the "Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation". In 2026, I was invited to participate in the Zhejiang Promotion Conference of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the 2026 Jiangsu Entrepreneurs Conference and other events. I have represented Guangli Company in various conferences, events, ceremonies and other closed-door invitation events hosted by the government for many times.

Yunxiao Zheng has multiple identities in the field of sustainable development: he graduated from Imperial College London and Peking University successively, studying green chemistry and dual carbon; he participated in the founding of Beijing Borui Liangcheng Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., promoting the treatment of leather waste; he established and long led the GreenGeek Urban Sustainability Experience Group, building it into a team with standardized management that holds more than 400 sustainable activities every year. He hopes to see more sustainable practices around the world through the GELA platform, and build up strength to tell the story of Chinese youth's sustainable development well.

Ethan Bi is the founder and CEO of Bizhao Geotechnical Engineering (Nanjing) Co., Ltd., a high-level young scientific and technological talent of the Ministry of Natural Resources, and a selected candidate of the Macau Young Scholar Program. He has long been engaged in the R&D and industrialization of contaminated site remediation and solid waste resource utilization technologies, holds a number of domestic and foreign invention patents, and his achievements have been implemented in many key engineering projects.

Alan is a PhD candidate in Finance at Tsinghua University, focusing on research related to financial technology, green finance and financial stability. As the head of the Economic and Financial Center of the World Politics and Economics Science and Technology Research Institute and a part-time researcher at a Fintech company, he led the completion of a number of research topics with policy influence in global new energy and green technology, AI and digital economy, and promoted the global governance and development of green innovation and digital assets. At the same time, he has been deeply involved in the research on corporate governance of central enterprises in the new energy industry, advocated the implementation of green building policies, continuously empowered the sustainable financial transformation with academic research and practical leadership, and responded to SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.