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President of the Singapore Hainan Hwee Kuan
Francis Phua Kiah Mai
from Singapore President of the Singapore Hainan Hwee KuanEdmond Yeo
from U.K. Chair, Board of Trustees of the Chinese Information and Advice CentreYasmin von Roon
from Italy Social Media Influencer and Content CreatorMujahid Muheet
from Pakistan Social Media PersonalityStefan Stevens
from South Africa Author PhotographerSajjad Alqazzaz
from Iraq Iraqi Chinese Friendship Association PR Manager; Hunan TV International Overseas Communication OfficerBozhko Natalia
from Russia Jinan International Communication Center Guest HostArina Yakupova
from Russia Shanghai Daily Broadcast JournalistFabio Nodari
from Italy Travel PhotographerGrace Boukete
From Republic of the Congo Hunan Normal University Doctoral CandidateKucherova Tatiana
From Russia Host of DiscoverGuizhouOleg Grachev
From Russia Henan University of Technology LecturerJames Alexander
From Britain WCICO Multi-Media JournalistToby Symonds
From U.K. Douyin Toby in China, Social Media InfluencerKingsford John Kyeremateng
From Ghana Came to Hainan for starting up his business from 2017.Ali Imtiaz
From Pakistan Film actor; Enterpreuner. Study in China from 2016 to 2020. After graduation, start his own international import export company in the Hainan Free Trade Port.Aleksei Andreev
From Russia Aleksei teaches Russian Language at Hainan University. First he came to Hainan in 2017 to study Chinese. Later he was fascinated by the abundant Chinese culture and the development of Hainan, so he decided to come back. He enjoys teaching and sharing Russian culture with his students. In his free time he travels around Hainan on the motorcycle and creates videos about different corners of the island. Also he plays guitar in the JAM band and shares a music with the people in Hainan.Marian Rosenberg
From the U.S. Translator at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, China Foreign Languages Press, Beijing Foreign Languages College Press, and Hainan International Media Center;Douyin (social media) Influencer; American Citizen Services, Consular Liaison Volunteer in Haikou.Inira Baiburina
From Russia She is the student of Hainan University with the major of Chinese language. She has lived in Hainan for more than 5 years, attracted by Chinese culture, friendly people and foods.Louis James
Louis is a master chef consultant and an entrepreneur at Hainan Louis Consulting company. He is constantly withdrawing inspiration with what Hainan's nature provides to him from season to season. What he enjoys the most is exchanging food, cultural moments with all the welcoming people in Hainan making feel that Hainan is literally a living Paradise.Timothy Stephens
From the U.S. International Clinic Director and Honorary Director of General Practice, Haikou People's HospitalPeter Bootsma
From the Netherlands The Senior International Officer of Boao Lecheng Pilot Zone in Hainan, China; Ex-Health Counselor at the Dutch Embassies in Beijing and Washington.Charlotte Magnette
From Belgium After a master degree in Ancient Oriental Languages from the University of Louvain, Belgium (UCL), she received a scholarship to study Chinese language and culture in Beijing Communication University from 2012-2014. In 2016, she went back to China in Hainan Island to work for the first all-inclusive hotel of Sanya from the French brand ClubMed as a foreign customer service manager. This experience working in high-end hospitality gave her a deep understanding of the luxury tourism industry in Hainan and a year later she opened a joint venture in Hainan with the International French company “DreamArt Photography”. Acting as an CEO of the Hainan branch, she took responsibility of developing the brand in Hainan, managing the teams of foreign photographers and Chinese sales and marketing, and collaborated as official provider of 3 luxury hotel brands in Sanya (Ritz-Carlton, Sofitel and Shangri-La).Now she is working for Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and technology City, one of the 11 key government projects of the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. As the international investment manager, she handles communication with foreign companies interested to invest and relocate in Sanya. she is responsible for the communication with foreign embassies and chambers of commerce in China and organizing with them seminars and webinars about investment opportunities in Sanya. she also work closely with the industrial park team, putting in place new mechanisms and services to better serve foreign companies relocating in Sanya, organizing legal workshops for the local foreign community on the new rules and policies in Hainan, and cross-culture business communication workshops to develop a better international business environment in Sanya.Rob Mackey
From the United Kingdom This is the 2nd time he has lived in Hainan and originally moved here in 2014 with his family before moving back to the United kingdom for a year,then spent a year in Spain, another year in Shenzhen and then back to his beloved city Haikou. He worked as an ESL teacher for 10 years before opening his own events company early in 2021. As a lover of all things of Hainan, he can't wait to spread the word about the beauty of the place to the UK people.David Mouk
From South Africa David Mouk is a professional piano and keyboard player with over 12 years of experience in music industry. He is a certified professional piano player and music instructor by the French music academy as well Yamaha corporations, he has opened lately the first foreign owned music training center with the goal to transform the Hainan music scene and train high level music talents.He is active as a music arranger, producer and keyboard player for 2 bands (Evening Mood and the Hainan Blues Brothers). He has been touring on the island performing different genres of music (such us blues, jazz, funk, pop,...) and had a chance to join large scale-music event all over the country, the most recent was the strawberries festival in Hainan Island.David Janke
From the United Kingdom He arrived in Hainan just a year ago, having spent the previous 13 years adrift on the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong SAR. He arrived in China back in 2007 to study Chinese Language and Literature at Nanjing University. After graduation, he ended up in Hong Kong, then Shanghai, and has been working as an educator and on/off translator for ten years. He cant wait to meet more people in his new island home of Hainan.Yana Wengel
From Russia/Germany She is an Associate Professor at the Hainan University - Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College in Haikou (China). Yana came to Hainan in 2019. Yana takes a human geography lens on social sustainability and international development in tourism studies. Her interests include volunteer tourism, adventure tourism and accessible tourism. Yana's recent projects focus on mountaineering and nature-based tourism. Her current project examines visitor experience in Chines National Parks on example of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park.Lysianskyi Sergii
From Ukraine A professional artist and performer of different genres. His first visit on China was in 2009 for matches when represented the Ukrainian national freestyle skiing team in Harbin. He has plunged into the field of arts since 2013 for performing in a variety of genres in many countries in Europe. During his revisit on China, his participation of theatrical performance with flying skiers in a theater was produced for the first time, which won the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Brass Ring Entertainment Excellence in 2017. He currently lives and works in Sanya, Hainan, sharing his experiences in the arts, sports and entertainment to the locals and visitors of Hainan.Malick Cisse
from Senegal Malick Cisse is a researcher at the School of Life Science at Hainan University. He has published research articles in various SCI journal as a first author such as Frontiers in Plant Science (Top Journal in Ecology), Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Trees Structure and Function and Biologia Plantrum etc. His main research is about an endemic specie to Hainan Province called Dalbergia odorifera (Huanghuali) which has a high economic value.Klaudia Anna Misztal
from Poland She moved to China in 2018, after being successfully awarded with Chinese Government Scholarship. She is studying Chinese Language at Hainan University.Muhammad Ayaz
from Pakistan He did bachelor in Chinese International Education in 2020 from Hainan Normal University. He is studying master in the same major from the same university.Jennifer Kreisz
From Canada Jennifer Kreisz teaches English Language at Hainan University - Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College. She came to Hainan in January 2020 and has enjoyed her life in living Haikou ever since. She teaches her students during the weekdays and plays concerts with her band on the weekends. In her free time she enjoys studying Chinese language and Korean, and traveling around the beautiful island of Hainan, finding little hidden gems of local food, art, and music along the way.Vanessa Jencks
From the United States The Editor of Thats SanyaRuslan Tulenov
From Kazakhstan Global Media Officer of Hainan IEDBOlga Sapunova
From Russia A Mandarin-speaking bilingual/multilingual TV hostess, event MC, media person, environmentalist, used to make reports on China's National "Two Sessions" and G20 summit and has interviewed Jim Rogers, Jackie Chan, Maria Sharapova, Yang Liping, Lei Jun, Chen Guang Biao, and many other celebrities, entrepreneurs, musicians, artists from China and around the world.Zeeshan Qasim khan
From Pakistan The Instructor of Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology; Doctor,Entrepreneur and Business OwnerMartin Moodie
From New Zealand The Founder and Chairman of The Moodie Davitt Report, the worlds leading information and media source for the duty free and travel retail industry. He has worked in the sector for 34 years and is respected throughout the world as its leading editor and commentator.Born in New Zealand, Martin Moodie is now based in Hong Kong, China, and has visited China many times during his career, including Hainan on several occasions.Polina Silicheva
From Russia Russian news reporter, hostGodfrey Zwygart
From France Godfrey Zwygart is a Frenchman who has lived in China for many years. He is the founder of Marevisio Co. Ltd, a marine consulting company. He is also an expert for the Hainan Cruise and Yacht Association, as well as a mediator for the Hainan Marine Court. He is also a recipient of the Chinese government friendship award.Lara Netherlands
From South Africa Lara Netherlands is a South African living in Hainan who teaches English at Nicoles Home International Kindergarten in Haikou. Lara graduated with a bachelors degree in Dramatic Arts and Theatre Studies from the Univeristy of Stellenbosch - which has one of the oldest and most established drama departments in South Africa. Her work entailed serious addresses to her audience raising awareness of ongoing national and global social challenges. Among other leadership positions, she was elected as the Chairperson of the Student Liason Committee of the drama department at Stellenbosch University. As a poet and writer, she continues to use her experiences in Hainan and China as her source of inspiration.Jeremy Grinan
from France Photographer, Videographer, Director, and MusicianJohn Lee
Overseas Chinese in Myanmar 1. Myanmar Investment Report Editor in chief; 2. China Enterprises Chamber Of Commerce In Myanmar Former Deputy Secretary General; 3. Myanmar Arrman Businessmen Association and BR Financial Adviser; 4. Myanmar Hope Capital Co. Ltd. CEO;Sudeshna Sarkar
From India Sudeshna Sarkar is an Indian journalist based in Beijing, working for the Beijing Review magazine. She is fascinated by the China story and loves to bring out the connexions between China and India. She is especially interested in exploring Indo-Chinese links in southern China.Dan Ben-Canaan (Hainan Honorary Cultural Ambassador)
From Israel Research scholar of the history of Jews in Harbin and China; Editor-in-chief of Heilongjiang Television English News Program; Worked for the Israeli Mission to the United Nation; Journalist and Publisher. Reported to the the New York Times, Jerusalem Post, and Israel’s Yediot Acharonot and Maa’riv. Published 3 monthly magazines; Co-founder of the Harbin Jewish Culture Association; Op-Ed Columnist at the Global Times.Tan Choon Hok
From Malaysia The op-ed columnist of Nanyang Siang Pau in Malaysia; The executive secretary of Malaysia-China Friendship Association in Malaysia; The vice-president of Malaysia Annual Selection of Chinese Characters in Malaysia; The former deputy editor-in -chief of Nanyang Siang Pau in Malaysia; The former secretary general of Chinese Newspapers Editor Association in Malaysia.Lim Jit Hun
From Malaysia The retired Principal of Kelantan Chung Hwa High School (SMJK); The ex representative of Malaysia Chung Hua High School Kelantan (SMJK);Former East Coast Liaison Director of the Youth Section of the Federation of Hainan Association Malaysia; Members of Consultative Panel of Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia; Nanyang Siang Pau newspaper and China Daily special columnist, The two most influential Chinese newspaper in Malaysia.Ronald Pua
From Malaysia Malaysian industry and Current Affairs Commentator; Master of Finance in the UK and PhD. postgraduate (ASEAN Studies); CEO of Malaysia Innovation Hub (Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia); Former Vice President Economic Planning Unit (Malaysia Property), Prime Minister Office Malaysia Shenzhen Belt and Road Institute for Economic and Trade Strategy (KL) Senior Advisor; Well-known industry column commentator and current affairs commentator in Malaysia Nanyang Siang Pau.Dennis Nikolaev
From the United States Dennis Nikolaev, a California registered architect, possesses bachelors degree of architecture in the University of California and has over 20 years international working experience. Dennis started working as an architect since 2009 in china and he is also an expert in the field of tropical building complex. His unique design idea enable him perfectly combine the functional and beautiful feature of buildings. Dennis possesses skilled BIM application experience and drone aerial photography technology through his continous attempt of combing his design ideas with lattest advanced technology due to his broad international view and up-to-date attitude.Innovation is often originated from real-life experience. Dennis settled down in Hainan with his family in 2013 with full passion of living in Hainan especially surfing on the sea.Francis Phua Kiah Mai
from Singapore President of the Singapore Hainan Hwee KuanEdmond Yeo
from U.K. Chair, Board of Trustees of the Chinese Information and Advice CentreYasmin von Roon
from Italy Social Media Influencer and Content CreatorMujahid Muheet
from Pakistan Social Media PersonalityStefan Stevens
from South Africa Author PhotographerSajjad Alqazzaz
from Iraq Iraqi Chinese Friendship Association PR Manager; Hunan TV International Overseas Communication OfficerBozhko Natalia
from Russia Jinan International Communication Center Guest HostArina Yakupova
from Russia Shanghai Daily Broadcast JournalistFabio Nodari
from Italy Travel PhotographerGrace Boukete
From Republic of the Congo Hunan Normal University Doctoral CandidateKucherova Tatiana
From Russia Host of DiscoverGuizhouOleg Grachev
From Russia Henan University of Technology LecturerJames Alexander
From Britain WCICO Multi-Media JournalistToby Symonds
From U.K. Douyin Toby in China, Social Media InfluencerKingsford John Kyeremateng
From Ghana Came to Hainan for starting up his business from 2017.Ali Imtiaz
From Pakistan Film actor; Enterpreuner. Study in China from 2016 to 2020. After graduation, start his own international import export company in the Hainan Free Trade Port.Aleksei Andreev
From Russia Aleksei teaches Russian Language at Hainan University. First he came to Hainan in 2017 to study Chinese. Later he was fascinated by the abundant Chinese culture and the development of Hainan, so he decided to come back. He enjoys teaching and sharing Russian culture with his students. In his free time he travels around Hainan on the motorcycle and creates videos about different corners of the island. Also he plays guitar in the JAM band and shares a music with the people in Hainan.Marian Rosenberg
From the U.S. Translator at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, China Foreign Languages Press, Beijing Foreign Languages College Press, and Hainan International Media Center;Douyin (social media) Influencer; American Citizen Services, Consular Liaison Volunteer in Haikou.Inira Baiburina
From Russia She is the student of Hainan University with the major of Chinese language. She has lived in Hainan for more than 5 years, attracted by Chinese culture, friendly people and foods.Louis James
Louis is a master chef consultant and an entrepreneur at Hainan Louis Consulting company. He is constantly withdrawing inspiration with what Hainan's nature provides to him from season to season. What he enjoys the most is exchanging food, cultural moments with all the welcoming people in Hainan making feel that Hainan is literally a living Paradise.Timothy Stephens
From the U.S. International Clinic Director and Honorary Director of General Practice, Haikou People's HospitalPeter Bootsma
From the Netherlands The Senior International Officer of Boao Lecheng Pilot Zone in Hainan, China; Ex-Health Counselor at the Dutch Embassies in Beijing and Washington.Charlotte Magnette
From Belgium After a master degree in Ancient Oriental Languages from the University of Louvain, Belgium (UCL), she received a scholarship to study Chinese language and culture in Beijing Communication University from 2012-2014. In 2016, she went back to China in Hainan Island to work for the first all-inclusive hotel of Sanya from the French brand ClubMed as a foreign customer service manager. This experience working in high-end hospitality gave her a deep understanding of the luxury tourism industry in Hainan and a year later she opened a joint venture in Hainan with the International French company “DreamArt Photography”. Acting as an CEO of the Hainan branch, she took responsibility of developing the brand in Hainan, managing the teams of foreign photographers and Chinese sales and marketing, and collaborated as official provider of 3 luxury hotel brands in Sanya (Ritz-Carlton, Sofitel and Shangri-La).Now she is working for Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and technology City, one of the 11 key government projects of the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. As the international investment manager, she handles communication with foreign companies interested to invest and relocate in Sanya. she is responsible for the communication with foreign embassies and chambers of commerce in China and organizing with them seminars and webinars about investment opportunities in Sanya. she also work closely with the industrial park team, putting in place new mechanisms and services to better serve foreign companies relocating in Sanya, organizing legal workshops for the local foreign community on the new rules and policies in Hainan, and cross-culture business communication workshops to develop a better international business environment in Sanya.Rob Mackey
From the United Kingdom This is the 2nd time he has lived in Hainan and originally moved here in 2014 with his family before moving back to the United kingdom for a year,then spent a year in Spain, another year in Shenzhen and then back to his beloved city Haikou. He worked as an ESL teacher for 10 years before opening his own events company early in 2021. As a lover of all things of Hainan, he can't wait to spread the word about the beauty of the place to the UK people.David Mouk
From South Africa David Mouk is a professional piano and keyboard player with over 12 years of experience in music industry. He is a certified professional piano player and music instructor by the French music academy as well Yamaha corporations, he has opened lately the first foreign owned music training center with the goal to transform the Hainan music scene and train high level music talents.He is active as a music arranger, producer and keyboard player for 2 bands (Evening Mood and the Hainan Blues Brothers). He has been touring on the island performing different genres of music (such us blues, jazz, funk, pop,...) and had a chance to join large scale-music event all over the country, the most recent was the strawberries festival in Hainan Island.David Janke
From the United Kingdom He arrived in Hainan just a year ago, having spent the previous 13 years adrift on the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong SAR. He arrived in China back in 2007 to study Chinese Language and Literature at Nanjing University. After graduation, he ended up in Hong Kong, then Shanghai, and has been working as an educator and on/off translator for ten years. He cant wait to meet more people in his new island home of Hainan.Yana Wengel
From Russia/Germany She is an Associate Professor at the Hainan University - Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College in Haikou (China). Yana came to Hainan in 2019. Yana takes a human geography lens on social sustainability and international development in tourism studies. Her interests include volunteer tourism, adventure tourism and accessible tourism. Yana's recent projects focus on mountaineering and nature-based tourism. Her current project examines visitor experience in Chines National Parks on example of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park.Lysianskyi Sergii
From Ukraine A professional artist and performer of different genres. His first visit on China was in 2009 for matches when represented the Ukrainian national freestyle skiing team in Harbin. He has plunged into the field of arts since 2013 for performing in a variety of genres in many countries in Europe. During his revisit on China, his participation of theatrical performance with flying skiers in a theater was produced for the first time, which won the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Brass Ring Entertainment Excellence in 2017. He currently lives and works in Sanya, Hainan, sharing his experiences in the arts, sports and entertainment to the locals and visitors of Hainan.Malick Cisse
from Senegal Malick Cisse is a researcher at the School of Life Science at Hainan University. He has published research articles in various SCI journal as a first author such as Frontiers in Plant Science (Top Journal in Ecology), Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Trees Structure and Function and Biologia Plantrum etc. His main research is about an endemic specie to Hainan Province called Dalbergia odorifera (Huanghuali) which has a high economic value.Klaudia Anna Misztal
from Poland She moved to China in 2018, after being successfully awarded with Chinese Government Scholarship. She is studying Chinese Language at Hainan University.Muhammad Ayaz
from Pakistan He did bachelor in Chinese International Education in 2020 from Hainan Normal University. He is studying master in the same major from the same university.Jennifer Kreisz
From Canada Jennifer Kreisz teaches English Language at Hainan University - Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College. She came to Hainan in January 2020 and has enjoyed her life in living Haikou ever since. She teaches her students during the weekdays and plays concerts with her band on the weekends. In her free time she enjoys studying Chinese language and Korean, and traveling around the beautiful island of Hainan, finding little hidden gems of local food, art, and music along the way.Vanessa Jencks
From the United States The Editor of Thats SanyaRuslan Tulenov
From Kazakhstan Global Media Officer of Hainan IEDBOlga Sapunova
From Russia A Mandarin-speaking bilingual/multilingual TV hostess, event MC, media person, environmentalist, used to make reports on China's National "Two Sessions" and G20 summit and has interviewed Jim Rogers, Jackie Chan, Maria Sharapova, Yang Liping, Lei Jun, Chen Guang Biao, and many other celebrities, entrepreneurs, musicians, artists from China and around the world.Zeeshan Qasim khan
From Pakistan The Instructor of Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology; Doctor,Entrepreneur and Business OwnerMartin Moodie
From New Zealand The Founder and Chairman of The Moodie Davitt Report, the worlds leading information and media source for the duty free and travel retail industry. He has worked in the sector for 34 years and is respected throughout the world as its leading editor and commentator.Born in New Zealand, Martin Moodie is now based in Hong Kong, China, and has visited China many times during his career, including Hainan on several occasions.Polina Silicheva
From Russia Russian news reporter, hostGodfrey Zwygart
From France Godfrey Zwygart is a Frenchman who has lived in China for many years. He is the founder of Marevisio Co. Ltd, a marine consulting company. He is also an expert for the Hainan Cruise and Yacht Association, as well as a mediator for the Hainan Marine Court. He is also a recipient of the Chinese government friendship award.Lara Netherlands
From South Africa Lara Netherlands is a South African living in Hainan who teaches English at Nicoles Home International Kindergarten in Haikou. Lara graduated with a bachelors degree in Dramatic Arts and Theatre Studies from the Univeristy of Stellenbosch - which has one of the oldest and most established drama departments in South Africa. Her work entailed serious addresses to her audience raising awareness of ongoing national and global social challenges. Among other leadership positions, she was elected as the Chairperson of the Student Liason Committee of the drama department at Stellenbosch University. As a poet and writer, she continues to use her experiences in Hainan and China as her source of inspiration.Jeremy Grinan
from France Photographer, Videographer, Director, and MusicianJohn Lee
Overseas Chinese in Myanmar 1. Myanmar Investment Report Editor in chief; 2. China Enterprises Chamber Of Commerce In Myanmar Former Deputy Secretary General; 3. Myanmar Arrman Businessmen Association and BR Financial Adviser; 4. Myanmar Hope Capital Co. Ltd. CEO;Sudeshna Sarkar
From India Sudeshna Sarkar is an Indian journalist based in Beijing, working for the Beijing Review magazine. She is fascinated by the China story and loves to bring out the connexions between China and India. She is especially interested in exploring Indo-Chinese links in southern China.Dan Ben-Canaan (Hainan Honorary Cultural Ambassador)
From Israel Research scholar of the history of Jews in Harbin and China; Editor-in-chief of Heilongjiang Television English News Program; Worked for the Israeli Mission to the United Nation; Journalist and Publisher. Reported to the the New York Times, Jerusalem Post, and Israel’s Yediot Acharonot and Maa’riv. Published 3 monthly magazines; Co-founder of the Harbin Jewish Culture Association; Op-Ed Columnist at the Global Times.Tan Choon Hok
From Malaysia The op-ed columnist of Nanyang Siang Pau in Malaysia; The executive secretary of Malaysia-China Friendship Association in Malaysia; The vice-president of Malaysia Annual Selection of Chinese Characters in Malaysia; The former deputy editor-in -chief of Nanyang Siang Pau in Malaysia; The former secretary general of Chinese Newspapers Editor Association in Malaysia.Combining the world’s largest FTP with the Belt and Road
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