Management

Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Meisong Lai is our founder and has served as chairman of our board of directors since May 2013 and chief executive officer since our inception. Mr. Lai was a former deputy chairman of the China Express Delivery Association. Mr. Lai is a prominent figure in China’s express delivery industry and has been deeply involved in the industry for over 20 years. Mr. Lai studied at the “Lakeside University” and Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance. Mr. Meisong Lai is a brother-in-law to Mr. Jianchang Lai.

Director and Vice President of Infrastructure Management

Mr. Jilei Wang has been our director since May 2013 and has served as our vice president of infrastructure management since October2012. From October 2009 to March 2012, Mr. Wang served as a deputy general manager of Beijing ZTO Daying Logistics Co., Ltd., our then network partner in Beijing.

Director and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Hongqun Hu has been our director since May 2022 and has served as our chief operating officer since June 2017. Mr. Hu has thirty years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining us, Mr. Hu served as the chairman of Zhejiang Tonglu Rural Commercial Bank from March 2016 to February 2017, and the governor and chairman of Zhejiang Tonglu Rural Cooperation Bank from March 2008 to March 2016, respectively. Mr. Hu graduated from Ningbo University in China with a major in finance in July 2003 and studied at the advanced class in modern executive business administration in Zhejiang University from January 2006 to January 2007.

President 

Mr. Jingxi ZHU has served as our president since May 2024 and has been our head of information technology since July 2003. He served as a vice president of information technology from September 2016 to May 2024. From January 2014 to September 2016, Mr. Zhu was also our director. Mr. Zhu received an EMBA from Renmin University of China in 2021.

Chief Financial Officer 

Ms. Huiping Yan has served as our chief financial officer since May 2018 and was our vice president of finance from January 2018 to May 2018. Before joining ZTO, Ms. Yan spent approximately seven years serving as the chief financial officer of a number of Chinese TMT and hospitality companies including two years at Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba (NYSE: BABA, HKEX: 9988), and over four years at Home Inns, a leading economy hotel chain in China. Prior to that, Ms. Yan spent 11 years at GE in both the U.S. and Asia, serving in various key roles in corporate and operational financial management. Prior to that, Ms. Yan spent over six years at Deloitte & Touche in the U.S. in tax services. Ms. Yan has served as an independent non-executive director of TUHU Car Inc. (HKEX: 9690), a leading integrated online and offline platform for automotive service in China since September 2023. Ms. Yan has served as an independent non-executive director of WeRide Inc. (Nasdaq: WRD, HKEX: 0800), an autonomous driving technology company since October 2024. Ms. Yan studied at Shanghai International Studies University, where she majored in English literature and linguistics, and received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an accounting major from Hawaii Pacific University in August 1991. Ms. Yan graduated from the GE experienced financial leadership program in September 2003 and is a U.S.-certified public accountant (AICPA) with a CGMA designation

Vice President of Overseas Operations

Mr. Jianchang Lai has been our vice president of overseas operations since September 2016. Mr. Lai was our director from January2014 to September 2016 and our head of network partner management since our inception to September 2016. Mr. Jianchang Lai is a brother-in-law to Mr. Meisong Lai.

Vice President of Public Relations

Mr. Jianfeng Zhang has served as our vice president of public relations since February 2016. Mr. Zhang served as Assistant Director of the News & Information Center of Xinhua News Agency Shanghai Bureau from June 2012 to February 2016 and Deputy Director of the Image Center of Xinhua News Agency Shanghai Bureau from August 2010 to February 2016. Mr. Zhang received a master’s degree in business administration from Arizona State University in December 2017, a master’s degree in arts from Renmin University in China in June 2012 and a bachelor’s degree in law from Shanghai International Studies University in China in July 2006.