Liu Jiren

Dr. Liu one of the founders of Neusoft, now serves as Chairman of Neusoft Corporation, Chairman of Liaoning General Chamber of Entrepreneurs, and Standing Director of Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE). Dr. Liu once acted as a member of the Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals at the World Economic Forum, a member of APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), and other positions. He used to be Vice President of the Northeastern University (NEU), Vice Chairman of China Software Industry Association (CSIA), and a member of the eighth, ninth and tenth CPPC National Committee.

In 1982, Dr. Liu obtained a master’s degree. In 1984, he began to study for a doctorate at Northeastern University. From 1986 to 1987, he was doing research on his doctoral thesis at the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). After that, Dr. Liu returned to China where he received his doctorate degree in computer applications from Northeastern University, thus becoming the first person in China to receive a doctorate degree in computer applications. In 1991, Dr. Liu established Neusoft.

Dr. Liu presided over many key research projects under the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National “863” Program, the Torch Plan, and multiple major subjects of the State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the former Ministry of Metallurgy, with many scientific research achievements made in computer networks, multimedia technology, and software engineering. Dr. Liu has been awarded the titles of “Chinese Doctor with Outstanding Contribution”, “Cross-century Excellent Talent”, and “Young and Middle-aged Science and Technology Workers with Outstanding Contribution”. He has also been awarded numerous honors, including China Best Business Leaders of 2007, Asia Innovator at the 6th CNBC Asia Business Leaders Awards China 2008, CCTV China Economic Person of the Year 2009, Country Winner of Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010, Meritorious Person in China Software Industry in Past Ten Years, 2012 Fortune 50 Business Leaders with Most Influence in China, Top 100 Outstanding Private Entrepreneurs in Past 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up, and Social Contribution Winner of Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2019