
Chairman of the Board of Directors
At present, he is the chairman of the Board of Directors of HNA Group Co., Ltd.
In 1984, Mr. Chen graduated from the Lufthansa College of Air Transport Management in Germany. In October 1994, Mr. Chen obtained the special government allowances approved by the State Council. He gained MBA from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands in 1995, and senior management diploma from Harvard Business School in 2004.
Acted as the aviation advisor for the governor of Hainan Province in July 1990, and presided over the formation of Hainan Provincial Airlines Company, he has served as the chairman of Hainan Provincial Airlines Company, the chairman of the Grand China Air Co., Ltd., and the chairman of HNA Group Co.,Ltd.
At present, he is the chairman of the Board of Directors of HNA Group Co., Ltd., and a member of the 11th Session of the Executive Committee of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, part-time professor at the Civil Aviation University of China, Beijing Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
He was awarded "Top-10 meritorious entrepreneur of Hainan Province", "National Model Worker", "Outstanding Constructor of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics", "2005 China Business Leaders" and "Asia Business Leader Award".