At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top China based CEO’ operating in the Industrial Automation space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Yong Zheng
Founder & CEO of Geek+
Yong Zheng is a CEO and founder of Geek+, expertise in supply chain management and robotics, former senior manager of ABB and Saint-Gobain, Master of Industrial Engineering in both Tsinghua University and RWTH Aachen University.
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About Geek+: Geek+ is a logistics and warehousing robotics developer.

Jerry Liu
Founder & CEO of Dobot
Liu Peichao serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology Co., Ltd
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About Dobot: Dobot is a leading robotic arm solutions provider.
Nicolas Chee
Founder & CEO of ForwardX Robotics
Nicolas Chee is a CEO at ForwardX.
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About ForwardX Robotics: ForwardX Robotics specializes in R&D of computer vision robots that apply to consumer and business products.

Shen Haiyin
Co-Founder & CEO of Singulato Motors
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About Singulato Motors: Singulato Motors is a electric car start-up that covers new energy vehicles, smart car systems, vehicle networking services and solutions.
Rui Cai
Co-founder & CEO of DeepMotion
Rui Cai is Co-founder & CEO at Deepmotion.ai.
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About DeepMotion: DeepMotion is an autonomous driving solution provider that includes an intelligent advanced driver assistance system.
Sean ZHOU
Founder & CEO of ATLAS A.I.
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About ATLAS A.I.: Industrial IoT Solutions for Construction Sector