Shanghai

PDD Holdings is the public parent of the Chinese social-ecommerce app Pinduoduo and the cross-border marketplace Temu.

miHoYo is a Shanghai video-game company best known for Genshin Impact, Honkai, and the international publishing brand HoYoverse.

Bilibili is a Shanghai-headquartered technology company that operates a video-sharing site known for danmu comments and ACG communities.

Trip.com Group is a Shanghai-headquartered technology company that operates online travel booking brands including Ctrip, Trip.com, Qunar, and Skyscanner.

SMIC is a Shanghai-headquartered technology company that operates a pure-play semiconductor foundry in mainland China.

NIO is a Shanghai-headquartered technology company that designs premium electric vehicles and battery-swap services.

Shanda is a Shanghai-headquartered technology company that began as an online-game publisher and now operates as an investment firm.

WuXi AppTec is a Shanghai-headquartered technology company that provides contract research, development, and manufacturing for drugs.

Colin Huang is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Pinduoduo, later reorganized under PDD Holdings.

Cai Haoyu is a Chinese game designer who co-founded miHoYo in Shanghai.

Xu Yi is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the video site that became Bilibili.

James Liang is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Ctrip, now Trip.com Group.

Richard Chang is a Chinese-born engineer who founded SMIC.

William Li is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded NIO after earlier auto-internet ventures.

Chen Tianqiao is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Shanda.

Ge Li is a Chinese-American chemist who founded WuXi AppTec.