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Hank LIU

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Hank LIU

Co-founder, Vice Chairman & COO of LeEco; President, LeEco Internet Ecosystem Research Institute; Executive Director, Coolpad; Vice President, Copyright Society of China

Mr. Hank Liu is the Co-founder, Vice Chairman and COO of LeEco, the leading global internet ecosystem conglomerate. He also serve as vice president of Copyright Society of China, executive director of Coolpad and president of LeEco Internet Ecosystem Research Institute, the world first organization focusing on analyzing  & exploring new business models on internet ecosystem worldwide. Mr. Liu acquired his bachelor of Journalism in 1997 and master of International Economic Law in 2001 in Communication University of China and University of International Business and Economics respectively. From 1997 to 2003 he used to serve as an editor and journalist in the news center of China Radio International (CRI), when he was assigned to Jiujiang, Jiangxi province to report on the series of anti-flood battle in 1998, which rewarded him high appraisal as Top 100 Elite Journalist, credited by Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China. In 1999, he was delegated to accompany with the China’s First Antarctic Expedition to report on the polar research, and has become the youngest journalist, who has ever visited and reported on the Antarctic in China so far. Together with Jia Yueting in November 2004, Hank Liu cofounded Le.com (formly Letv.com), and has been working as the Vice Chairman and COO of LeEco since then. During these years, he leads a series of successful and remarkable investment and acquisition projects, including the purchase of Beijing Media Corporation Limited and Coolpad. He also founded and presided over LeEco Internet Ecosystem Researching Institute in 2015, the world first organization focusing on analyzing and exploring new business models on the internet ecosystem. Meanwhile, he was rewarded as one of the Top 10 Influential Men of Year in Internet Industry of China.