
Dr. Zhong
SpringIPFounder & Chairman ·IPDAOOwner
Alumna of the MIT Sloan School of Management; holds a J.D. from UCLA School of Law, a Ph.D. in Law from Peking University, an M.B.A. from National Taiwan University, and B.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering and M.S. in Technology Management from MIT. Licensed attorney in the United States; also qualified as a Chinese attorney, patent agent, and securities practitioner.
Worked in Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, and Taipei. Served as Executive Director at Goldman Sachs (US), Senior Partner at Clifford Chance (UK), Legal Director for a leading Apple supply chain company, and Council Member of the Taiwan Branch of the Technology Licensing Association.
Current part-time master's supervisor at Xiamen University, distinguished researcher at East China University of Political Science and Law, and founder of the IP Finance Forum (IPfinance.cn). Previously led financing for billion-dollar Sino-Russian energy cooperation projects and facilitated technology transfer in Sino-French energy investments, while managing trillion-dollar cross-border technology development collaborations involving Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, and other major companies.
Ranked among the top 20 bestsellers on Amazon; author of multiple English monographs on IP and finance; hundreds of articles on IP strategy, fintech, and Web3/RWA business models widely cited by major media; filed over 10 patents across multiple countries; led teams to win multiple patent excellence awards; ranked within China's top 500 companies for patents.



