Chao Yuan

Mr. Yuan Chao holds a postgraduate degree in Project Management from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He currently serves as General Manager of the Strategic Planning Department, General Affairs Department and Board Office of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (Hong Kong) Shipping Company Limited. His responsibilities include corporate strategy, equity investment, digital transformation, state-owned enterprise reform, and board development. Mr. Yuan has extensive knowledge of shipping finance and international shipping markets, with substantial experience in strategic management, shipping investment, and the development of boards of directors for listed companies. His professional achievements have received the First Prize of the National Enterprise Management Modernization Innovation Achievement Award and the First Prize of the Management Innovation Achievement Award for China’s National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Enterprises. He also owns the title of Shanghai's Financi