Chairman, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) Chairman, China Electricity Council (CEC) Fellow, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)

Mr. Liu Zhenya is a renowned expert in international energy and power sector, a pioneer of Ultra High Voltage (UHV) transmission in China, a practitioner of strong & smart grid, and the initiator of the concept of Global Energy Interconnection (GEI). Mr. Liu has been awarded Special Prize of National Award for Science and Technology Progress twice for his prominent contribution in Ultra High Voltage AC/DC transmission technology. Previous to his current position, Mr. Liu has served as Chairman and President of State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) (2004-2016) and led SGCC to grow to become the world’s largest utility, with a historic rise from 46th to the 2nd place on Fortune Global 500 ranking. Mr. Liu’s publications, including Electric Power and Energy in China, Ultra-high Voltage AC&DC Grid, Global Energy Interconnection, have been translated into English and Russia and published by John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier and Moscow Power Engineering Institute Publishing House.