Yong ZHENG

Founder and CEO

Mr. Zheng Yong (鄭勇), aged [45], is the Chairman of our Board, an executive Director and the chief executive officer of the Company. Mr. Zheng founded our Company and has been serving as a Director since its inception in February 2015. Mr. Zheng was re-designated as an executive Director in November 2024. Mr. Zheng has also been concurrently serving as a director and/or general manager of various subsidiaries of our Company.
Mr. Zheng started his career in supply chain management at prominent global enterprises. After graduation, he was first with various subsidiaries of ABB Ltd, a globally recognized company in electrification and automation, offering solutions in robotics, machinery, and factory automation, from July 2004 to October 2009 as an operations manager, and then with a subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. from April 2010 to April 2013 as a plant manager, overseeing comprehensive operations from engineering to quality control and logistics at major production sites in the PRC, ensuring seamless operations, which demonstrated his strategic capabilities and adept stewardship.

Leveraging his industrial knowledge and expertise gained from both academy and prior working experience, Mr. Zheng joined New Horizon Capital as a senior manager in May 2013 and served until June 2015, where he was responsible for post-investment management of portfolio companies and new investments in the TMT and robotics sectors, gaining profound insights into both investments and robotics sector.
 Mr. Zheng has been recognized for his business acumen as well as outstanding contributions to the industrial automation, digitalization, and smart logistics industries. Mr. Zheng was recognized as one of Fortune China’s 40 under 40 business elites in September 2018. Mr. Zheng has obtained 25 invention patents relevant to robotics. Mr. Zheng was also honored with the China Smart Logistics Industry Elite Award at the Global Intelligent Logistics Industry Development Conference organized by Logistics Technology and Application magazine in 2020, awarded with the 9th LT China Logistics Technology Award (Person of the Year) by Soo56, a leading logistics portal in China, in 2020, as well as recognized as “Pioneer of the Year” by OFweek, a comprehensive web portal in Chinese high-tech industry, in the OFweek China Industrial Automation and Digitalization Industry Annual Awards in 2021.

Mr. Zheng obtained his bachelor’s degree in management science and engineering from Tsinghua University (清華大學) in the PRC in July 2001. In July 2004, Mr. Zheng obtained a master’s degree in management science and engineering from Tsinghua University in the PRC, and a master’s degree in production engineering from RWTH Aachen University in Germany through its joint master’s program with Tsinghua University.