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AAMA—A Space for Connecting Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship --A Dialogue with AAMA Leaders 

On March 17, 2025, in Palo Alto, CA, USA – Robert Lee, former president of AAMA-SV (Asia America MultiTechnology Association – Silicon Valley); met with AAMA members Tong Zhilei and Huijun Ring to get up to date on members’ accomplishments in recent years.

Tong Zhilei is a former AAMA-Beijing President; Founder, Chairman, and President, COL Group, one of the world’s largest Chinese-language digital publishing platforms.

Dr. Huijun Ring, a Professor at Stanford University joined AAMA in 2010 and since has been active in the AAMA community. 

They reflected on AAMA’s achievements during the meeting and discussed future strategies building upon past success. Since its founding in 1979, AAMA has been dedicated to technological advancement, fostering business collaboration, and promoting economic growth across the Asia America communities and beyond. Tong Zhilei and Dr. Huijun Ring both bear witness to AAMA’s continuous fulfillment of its mission and purpose.

Tong Zhilei reflected that the AAMA Beijing chapter was formed in 2004. He served as president of the chapter from 2021 to 2023.

The chapter’s Entrepreneur Cradle Program was launched in 2006, in the past 20 years, it has engaged over 500 top-tier mentors and supported more than 800 entrepreneurs. As a result, 66 companies have gone public.  The program has facilitated over 500 billion RMB in investment and financing, and has become one of the longest-running and most successful public incubation platforms in China

Going forward, Ring believes AAMA-SV should continue to focus on facilitating innovation networks— sponsoring partnership building events with new entrepreneurs, technology leaders, and the academic community.

Founded in 1979, AAMA (Asia America MultiTechnology Association) is a leading pan-Asian technology organization accelerating innovation, fostering business collaboration, and driving global commercial success. With regional chapters in Silicon Valley, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, AAMA facilitates local business partnerships while maintaining strong ties with its Silicon Valley headquarters. The association provides global insights and resources to its members, strengthening international technology and business ecosystems.

More about the meeting guests Tong Zhilei and Dr. Huijun Z Ring:

--Tong Zhilei童之磊

https://www.col.com/cover-85n9e1sz/zhongyingwen

Founder, Chairman, and President, COL Group.  Founded. In 2015, Tong led the COL Group to a successful public listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, recognized as China’s first digital publishing stock.  Tong Zhilei has been a pioneer in China’s digital publishing industry. 

Guided by its mission “Better Content, Better Life,” COL Group has cultivated a network of more than 4.5 million authors and amassed a library of 5.6 million digital works, attracting over 100 million users.  Today, it stands among China’s largest digital content and service providers, with subsidiaries in the United States, Singapore, and Japan.  By leveraging advances in artificial intelligence and new media, COL Group has also become a pioneer in the emerging short-form digital drama industry.

Tong served as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese from 2016 to 2018.   In 2000, Tong founded the COL at Tsinghua University Team.  He was the captain of the championship group that won the first “China College Students Entrepreneurship Competition”.  Tong’s leadership and innovation have earned him numerous honors--named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014, and one of China’s Cultural Industry Figures of the Year in 2015.  Currently Tong is a 2025 Fellow of Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI).

-- Dr. Huijun Z Ring 周慧君

https://www.linkedin.com/in/huijun-ring-248606/

https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%91%A8%E6%85%A7%E5%90%9B/3496435

https://profiles.stanford.edu/huijun-ring

Dr. Ring joined AAMA—Beijing Chapter in 2010. She was a graduate of the Beijing Chapter’s cradle program.  She has become a leader in the biotech industry and longevity medicine research.  She has bridged academia and industry through interdisciplinary collaborations. At Stanford, she has mentored numerous startup projects to success, and continues to foster connections between business school students and biomedical researchers. 

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