Executive Director
Ms. LI Suwen
Ms. LI Suwen (李素文) is the chairperson, chief executive officer of our Company and a co-founder of our Group. She was appointed as a Director on 13 July 2010 and as an executive Director on 7 June 2016. She is primarily responsible for the overall management and business development of our Group. Ms. Li founded our Group in establishing 廣東光正教育集團有限公司 (Guangdong Guangzheng Educational Group Co., Ltd.) (“Guangdong Guangzheng”) with Mr. Liu in October 2002. Ms. Li has dedicated her career to the cause of education since the establishment in October 2002. She founded a number of educational institutions within our Group including Dongguan Guangming School, Dongguan Guangming Primary School, Dongguan Guangzheng Preparatory School, Huizhou Guangzheng Preparatory School and Panjin Guangzheng Preparatory School.
Ms. Li completed a graduate programme on project management from the Economics Department of Peking University in March 2004.
Mr. LIU Xuebin
Mr. LIU Xuebin (劉學斌) is a co-founder of our Group. He was appointed as a Director on 13 July 2010 and as an executive Director on 7 June 2016. He is primarily responsible for the overall formulation, supervision and guidance of business strategies, planning and development of our Group. Out of his commitment in social responsibilities, Mr. Liu founded our Group by establishing Guangdong Guangzheng with Ms. Li in October 2002 and has acted as its director since then. Prior to joining our Group, since June 2002, Mr. Liu has acted as the chairman of 東莞市富盈房地產開發有限公司 (Dongguan Cinese Real Estate Development Co. Ltd.), a property developer in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), in overseeing its business strategies, planning and development.
In addition to our Group, Mr. Liu also holds direct or indirect interests in other companies engaged in other businesses in the PRC, which include real estate, construction, hotel and tourism.
Mr. Liu completed a graduate programme on project management from the Economics Department of Peking University in March 2004. Mr. Liu was awarded the World Outstanding Chinese Award (世界傑出華人獎) by United World Chinese Association Limited (世界華人協會) in 2007.
Mr. LI Jiuchang
Mr. LI Jiuchang (李久常) is the chief operating officer of our Company. He was appointed as an executive Director on 7 June 2016 and is primarily responsible for the overall management of the operation of our schools. Mr. Li has more than 14 years of experience in the educational sector. He joined Guangdong Guangzheng in September 2003 as a high school teacher. He has acted as the deputy general manager of Guangdong Guangzheng since September 2012, primarily responsible for the daily operation of the Group.
Mr. Li’s dedication to education has been well recognised. He was awarded the Dongguan Outstanding Youth Volunteer (東莞市優秀青年志願者) by the Communist Youth League, Dongguan branch (共青團東莞市委) and Dongguan Young Volunteers Association (東莞市青年志願者協會) in April 2006. He was also appointed as a core member of the Research Team for Project Studies under the Eleventh Five-Year Plan of the National Educational Science Programme of the MOE (全國教育 科學“十一五”教育部規劃課題研究組) and an Advanced Practitioner in Project Studies of the MOE (教育部課題研究先進工作者).
Mr. Li obtained a bachelor’s degree in history from the Shaanxi Normal University (陝西師範大學).
Mr. WANG Yongchun
Mr. WANG Yongchun (王永春) is the executive Director of our Company. He was appointed as an executive Director on 8 January 2018. He is also the principal of the Dongguan Guangming School. He was appointed to such position in September 2015 and is primarily responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Dongguan Guangming School.
Mr. Wang joined our Group in August 2003. Prior to the appointment to his present position in our Group, Mr. Wang served on various positions in our schools, including as the class teacher, grade leader, director of moral education and administrative officer. In particular, he acted as the vice principal of Dongguan Guangzheng Preparatory School.
In recognition of his contributions in education, Mr. Wang was recognised as an Outstanding Practitioner of Dongguan in the Middle School Education of Geography (東莞市優秀中學地理教育工作者) by the Geography Teaching Research Society of Dongguan (東莞市地理教學研究會) and an Outstanding Individual of Dongguan Schools for Communist Youth League Work (東莞市學校共青團工作優秀個人) by the Dongguan Committee of the Communist Youth League (共青團東莞市委員會) and the Dongguan Education Bureau. He was also employed as a master tutor for South China Normal University (華南師範大學) and Shaanxi Normal University (陝西師範大學). Mr. Wang also received various awards for his dissertations, including the First Prize in Dissertations on Geography Education in Middle Schools of Guangdong Province issued by the Geographical Society of Guangdong (廣東省地理學會) and the Middle School Geography Teaching Committee of the Guangdong Society of Education (廣東教育學會中學地理教學專業委員會).
Mr. Wang holds a bachelor’s degree of science from the Tourism and Environment College of Shaanxi Normal University (陝西師範大學旅遊與環境學院). He obtained various professional qualifications, including the qualification of First Grade Middle School Teacher in Geography Education (中學地理一級教師), Senior High School Teacher (高級中學教師) and Guangdong Province Primary and Middle School Principal (廣東省中小學校長).
Independent Non-executive Directors
Prof. SUN Kai Lit Cliff, BBS, J.P.
Prof. SUN Kai Lit Cliff (孫啟烈), BBS, J.P. was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on 3 January 2017. He is a co-founder of China South City Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1668), and served as its non-executive director from August 2002 to July 2017. Prof. Sun is an associate of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, Ohio and has over 30 years of experience in the household products manufacturing industry. Prof. Sun is now the chairman of Kinox Enterprises Limited and Kin Hip Metal and Plastic Factory Ltd., both of which are principally engaged in the manufacturing of kitchenware and other metal and plastic products. Since June 2007, he has also acted as an independent non-executive director of Ka Shui International Holdings Ltd., a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 0822). From July 2007 to March 2016, he also acted as an independent non-executive director of Ming Fai International Holdings Ltd., a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 3828).
Prof. Sun was appointed Adjunct Professor of City University of Hong Kong in January 2017. He was also appointed as Justice of the Peace by the Government of Hong Kong in July 2003, and was awarded a Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administration Region in July 2006. He was a member of the 11th Zhejiang Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (中國人民政治協商會議第十一屆浙江省委員會) and had served as a standing committee member of both the CPPCC Shenzhen and Ningbo committee. He is currently the chairman of ICAC Business Ethics Development Advisory Committee (廉政公署商業道德諮詢委員會主席) and President of Shenzhen CPPCC HK and Macau members Association (深圳市政協歷屆港澳委員聯誼會會長). Prof. Sun holds a number of honorary posts due to his past services in the respective organizations which include Honorary President of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Exporter’s Association, Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Q Mark Council, and Hong Kong Plastics Manufacturers Association Ltd. Prof. Sun also involves himself in educational institutions and served in the Vocational Training Council as council member for 6 years until the end of 2015.
Mr. TAM King Ching Kenny
Mr. TAM King Ching Kenny (譚競正) was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on 3 January 2017. Mr. Tam serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company. He is a practising Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, Canada. He is a past president of The Society of Chinese Accountants and Auditors.
Mr. Tam also serves as an independent non-executive director of eight other listed companies on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, namely, Kingmaker Footwear Holdings Limited, Shougang Concord Grand (Group) Limited, CCT Fortis Holdings Limited, Starlite Holdings Limited, Hong Kong Shanghai Alliance Holdings Limited (formerly Van Shung Chong Holdings Limited), BeijingWest Industries International Limited, West China Cement Limited and Greater Bay Area Investments Group Holdings Limited (formerly CCT Land Holdings Limited).
Mr. HUANG Weiguo
Mr. HUANG Weiguo (黃維郭) has over 40 years of management experience in corporate management and government department administration. Since 1976, Mr. Huang has held management positions and directorships in various companies in different business fields, including companies in home appliances industry, light industry and automobile industry. From December 1997 to March 2007, Mr. Huang worked in the People’s Government of Foshan Municipality (佛山市政府) and served as a member of the Management Committee of the Foshan National High-tech Development Zone (佛山市國家高新開發區管理委員會) at the same time. From 2009 to 2014, he was the director of Guangdong Guangye Assets Management Company Ltd (廣東省廣業集團有限公司) and was primarily responsible for overseeing project investment and asset management.
Mr. Huang obtained a bachelor’s degree from South China Institute of Technology and Chemical Engineering(華南理工化工學院).
Corporate Management Team
Ms. LI Suwen, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. LI Jiuchang, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. WANG Yongchun, Principal of Dongguan Guangming School
Mr. DU Shuangxi, Principal of Dongguan Guangming Primary School
Mr. DU Shuangxi, Principal of Dongguan Guangming Primary School
Mr. DU Shuangxi (杜雙喜) is the principal of Dongguan Guangming Primary School. He was appointed to such position in July 2015 and is primarily responsible for overseeing the daily operations of Dongguan Guangming Primary School. Mr. Du joined our Group in August 2006. Prior to the appointment to his present position in our Group, he served on various positions in other schools in the PRC.
In recognition of his contributions in education, Mr. Du was recognised as a Core Teacher in Chinese Language Education in Primary Schools of Hunan Province (湖南省小學語文骨幹教師) by the Department of Education of Hunan (湖南省教育廳), an Outstanding Individual in the Project Study for the Tenth Five-Year Plan of Educational Technology Development of Hunan Province (湖南省現代教育技術“十五”課題研究先進個人) by the E-education Centre of Hunan (湖南省電化教育館) and Hunan Education Technology Association (湖南省教育技術協會) and one of the Top 100 Leading Scholars of Primary and Middle Schools in China (全國中小學百佳學術研究帶頭人) by the Chinese Society of Primary and Middle School Education (中國中小學教育學會).
Mr. Du obtained a bachelor’s degree in public administration from the Central China Normal University through distance learning. Ms. Du obtained the qualification of Primary School Senior Teacher (小學高級教師) issued by the Education Office of Baizhi County (柏枝鄉教育辦).