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Savio S. Chan is a leading authority on Sino-US business relations and has been a pre-eminent expert on building and sustaining a constructive, bilateral relationship and global partnerships between US and China over his 25 years’ experience as an entrepreneur and a visionary business leader.

Mr. Chan has long been recognized as the preeminent expert on business in China and on building strategic relationships with Chinese businesses and consumers. He has been co-founder and CEO of US China Partners, Inc. since 2003, facilitating local and cross-border joint ventures and strategic partnerships among leading Chinese State-owned Enterprises, private companies, and Fortune 500 companies. He was Executive Director for New York Venture Capital Association. He served as China Advisor to Hudson’s Bay Company, parent of Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, from 2016 to 2019, helping the retailer build strategic partnerships with leading Chinese SOEs and private retail and e-commerce leaders. He has been a sought-after advisor and consultant to companies like ICBC Bank, Louis Vuitton, Brooks Brothers, Haier America, Tourneau, Montblanc, Piaget, and Roger Dubuis advising on strategies involving Chinese consumers and Asian American businesses.

Additionally, Mr. Chan has been an advisor and board member to several international corporations, non-profit organizations and high-net-worth Chinese families on their U.S. and China investments and expansion strategies. From (phone number hidden)3, he was regional President of the Northeast for US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce, serving as a gateway to Corporate and government contracts for Asian American businesses and entrepreneurs. From 2017 to present he serves as founding Chairman of fundraising for Ascend Charity Golf Tournament, having raised over $660,000 to Ascend Foundation. He introduced a new US-China Next Generation course, iLEAD, a collaboration between Cornell University and CKGSB (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business). He has been one of the fifteen Cornell Mentors at SC Johnson Family School of Business at Cornell University and participated in their Annual Cornell Mentors Forum for the last five years. He is a member of National Committee of US-China Relations, a national Think Tank. Mr. Chan is also co-founder of the Asian American Authors Book Club, in partnership with Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue.

His book, “China Super Consumers – What One Billion Customers Want and How to Sell it to them” was published by John Wiley & Sons. The Amazon’s best-seller was selected by Air France Club China as one of the “Must-reads” books on China. The book was translated and published both in China and Korea. Mr. Chan has been featured in numerous industry and trade success profiles, including articles in the New York Times, Forbes, Chief Executives Magazines, Inc. Magazine, Yahoo Finance, and Newsday. He is a frequent keynote speaker at Family Office conferences, US-China business conferences organized by the Conference Board, Wharton China Business Forum, and Columbia China Conferences. He is also a frequent TV commentator on Thomson Reuters and CGTN.