Duan Chuanliang

Duan Chuanliang (April 1963-), Chinese private entrepreneur, chairman of China Water Affairs Group, a Hong Kong listed company (HKEx: 855). Duan Chuanliang was born in Luyi County, Henan Province in April 1963. He graduated from the North China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower in 1984 with a major in agriculture. After graduation, he worked for the Ministry of Water Resources of China for 10 years. Later, he started his own business in the 1990s and founded Yinlong Group, investing in the electronics industry, real estate industry, hotels, office buildings and water supply systems, and became a private entrepreneur. In 2003, Duan Chuanliang acquired Yida Xingye (the predecessor of China Water Group (0855.HK)), which was in financial problems, sold all its electronics business and non-core assets, reorganized debt, injected its water investment, and renamed the company China Silver Dragon Group. Subsequently, the company aggressively acquired water companies in Guangdong, Henan, Jiangxi and other places, and officially changed its name to China Water Group in 2005.