At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top China based CFO’ operating in the Social space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Herman Yu
CFO of Baidu
Herman Yu has served as our chief financial officer since September 2017 and is in charge of our overall finance functions. Prior to joining Baidu, Mr. Yu served as the chief financial officer of Weibo Corporation, a social media in China (NASDAQ: WB) from 2015 to 2017. Prior to Weibo, Mr. Yu worked at SINA Corporation, a portal in China (NASDAQ: SINA) from 2004 to 2015, with the last eight years as chief financial officer. Mr. Yu began his career at Arthur Andersen and held various finance and accounting management positions at Adobe Systems Inc., Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and VeriFone Systems, Inc. Mr. Yu currently serves on the board of directors of 58.com Inc., an online classifieds listing company (NYSE: WUBA), ZTO Express Inc., an express delivery company (NYSE: ZTO), and Ctrip.com International, Ltd., an online travel agency (NASDAQ: CTRP). Mr. Yu, a California Certified Public Accountant, received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a master’s degree in accountancy from the University of Southern California.
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About Baidu: Baidu is a search engine that enables individuals to obtain information and finds what they need.
Yingzhi Tang
Co-Founder, Co-CEO, CFO and Director of Boqii
Yingzhi Tang is Co-Founder & CEO at Boqii.
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About Boqii: Boqii Holding Limited (NYSE: BQ) is China’s largest pet-focused platform and maintains the largest pet-focused online community in China.
Gary Ngan
CFO of Meitu
Gary Ngan,works as Chief Financial Officer at Meitu and responsivle for overall financial strategies, investor relations and company secretarial affairs.
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About Meitu: Meitu offers free image and video apps for iOS and Android platforms.
James Zhang
CFO of Lashou.com
James Zhang is a CFO at Lashou.com.
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About Lashou.com: Lashou is a location-based, social commerce platform for web-based and mobile users in China.
James Zhang
CFO of Lashou.com
James Zhang is a CFO at Lashou.com.
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About Lashou.com: Lashou is a location-based, social commerce platform for web-based and mobile users in China.