YANG Lan, Chairwoman, Sun Media Investment Holdings Limited / Delegate of the National Committee of
the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
Ms Yang is the Chairwoman of Sun Media Investment Holdings Limited, one of China’s leading private media groups. In 2003, she was appointed as a delegate to the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Ms Yang received her Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University, PRC and acquired her Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, New York, USA. Ms. Yang has fourteen –year’s experience as one of China’s leading television journalists and talk show hosts. Her renowned programme Yang Lan One On One is popular with Chinese audience across the world. In 1999 and 2001, Ms Yang was named by Asiaweek magazine as one of the "Leaders in Society and Culture in Asia" and one of the "Movers and Shapers of the 21st Century of China" respectively. Ms Yang also received the "Chinese Women of the Year" award in 2001 and "Top Ten Woman Entrepreneurs" award in 2002. In 2001, Ms Yang served as a Goodwill Ambassador for Beijing’s bidding for the 2008 Olympic Games and as one of the speakers in the final presentation to the International Olympic Committee in Moscow, where Beijing won the bidding.