Award-Winning Author; Expert On China's Middle Class
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Helen H. Wang is an award-winning author and expert on China’s middle class. Originally from China, Wang has lived in the U. S. for over twenty years. After finishing her master’s degree at Stanford University, she worked in Silicon Valley, holding a variety ...more

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China Ambassador Nominee Could Be Good News For US-China Relations
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How Alibaba Is Creating The Future Of Commerce On 11/11
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SNP China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
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UTA Universal Travel Group
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Work Experience

President
The Helen Wang Group
July 2012 - Present (11 years)
Providing innovative programs and strategic consulting to companies doing business in China.
Strategic Advisor
JUCCCE
July 2011 - Present (12 years 1 month)
Advising on JUCCCE China Dream project and connecting like-minded people to collaborate
Contributing Columnist
Forbes.com
May 2010 - Present (13 years 3 months)
Writing a column "The Chinese Dream" to explore implications of the rising Chinese middle class and its impact to the West.
Author and Consultant
TheHelenWang.com
January 2009 - Present (14 years 7 months)
Thought Leader / Consultant
DNA Global Network, Inc
July 2011 - July 2012 (1 year 1 month)
Board Member
SVCWireless
March 2006 - November 2009 (3 years 9 months)
Board Member
Stanford Professional Women
April 2006 - April 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Founder and CEO
e-Mobilizer
March 2005 - March 2007 (2 years 1 month)
As a founder and CEO of e-Mobilizer, Helen provides leadership and vision in all aspects of business from its original concept to implementation. With in-depth knowledge of China Internet and wireless industries, Helen is an inspirational motivator and team player, and highly skilled in identifying emerging business opportunities, developing marketing strategies and establishing partnerships.
Vice President
SVC wireless
November 2003 - November 2007 (4 years 1 month)
Helen also serves as Vice President of Silicon Valley - China Wireless Technology Association (SVCwireless), a premier technology organization with deep ties to greater China’s wireless industry with over 3000 members. She is responsible for cross-Pacific wireless venture collaborations, and promoting entrepreneurship, business development and technology exchanges between wireless industries in the United States and China.
Reuters Fellow at Stanford University
Reuters Foundation/Stanford University
September 2004 - August 2005 (1 year)
Helen is a Reuters Fellow at Stanford University Digital Vision Program, where she worked on ICT solutions to provide market access and information for micro-entrepreneurs through mobile phones in the developing countries.

Education

Stanford University
Fellow
2004 / 2005
Reuters Digital Vision Program<br/>
Stanford University
MA
1994 / 1996
International Development Policy<br/>

Publications

The Chinese Dream: The Rise of the World's Largest Middle Class and What It Means to You
Helen H. Wang
Bestseller Press
07/24/2012

Business consultant and China expert Helen Wang challenges us to recognize that some of our fears about China are grossly misplaced. As a result of China's new capitalist paradigm, a burgeoning middle class-calculated to reach 800 million within the next fifteen years-is jumping aboard the consumerism train and riding it for all it's worth-a reality that may provide the answer to America's economic woes. And with China's increasing urbanization and top-down governmental approach, it now faces increasing energy, environmental, and health problems-problems that the U.S. can help solve. Through timely interviews, personal stories, and a historical perspective, China-born Wang takes us into the world of the Chinese entrepreneurial middle class to show how a growing global mindset and the realization of unity in diversity may ultimately provide the way to creating a saner, safer world for all.