Who we are

Ms Joan Lin holds a BA degree in English from China Renmin University and has been working in the Technology and Human Resources industry for 12 years, first working for the Provincial Government of Zhejiang’s Foreign Experts Bureau, and then going-on to start ZISTIC.

*Miss Joan Lin at the Zhejiang Sino-Korea Sci-Tech Innovation Center (ZSKSTIC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZISTIC located at separate premises in Hangzhou City

Mr Frank Shan graduated from Zhejiang Gongshang University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in languages. He is fluent in Chinese and English. He has previously worked for Zhejiang Foreign Service Co Ltd as a Tour Consultant and for Xiao Zhan Education Co Ltd as an English Language Trainer.

At ZISTIC Mr Frank Shan is the head of the International Relations & Stakeholders Team. Some of the responsibilities of his team are as follows:

• Maintenance of existing relationships and partnerships with foreign companies and Research Institutions
• Creation of new relationships and partnerships with foreign companies and Research Institutions
• Matching Foreign Experts to Chinese Companies and Research Institutions

Ms Lecky Chen graduated from Zhejiang Gongshang University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in languages. She is fluent in Chinese, Japanese and English.
Prior to joining ZISTIC, Ms Lecky Chen has worked for various companies including the Overseas Trade Department (Japanese) of the Zhejiang Construction Investment Group Co. Ltd where her roles included receiving Japanese architectural experts and arranging welcoming activities in China, assisting the head of Overseas Trade Department with various administrative tasks such as placement of overseas orders, customs declaration, contracts and translation of documents.

Ms Lecky Chen has also worked as an administrative staff member for the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security at their labor ability appraisal center (Zhejiang Labor Ability Appraisal Center).

At ZISTIC Ms Lecky Chen is the head of the Domestic Relations & Stakeholders Team (Domestic Science and Technology Services). Some of the responsibilities of her team are as follows:

• Maintenance of existing relationships and partnerships with Chinese companies and Research Institutions
• Creation of new relationships and partnerships with Chinese companies and Research Institutions
• Research and analysis of Provincial and National Talent Policy
• Matching Foreign Experts to Chinese Companies and Research Institutions
• Handling Work Permit applications for Foreign Experts, Company Registration, Opening Bank Accounts etc

Guenter Grau holds a PhD in Electronic Engineering (Microelectronics Research and Design) and is currently the Managing Director of ADVICO https://www.advico.de/.

He has more than 650 publications including 25 authored/co-authored books (one published by Springer (UK), one – by SPIE (USA), one by Exit (Poland) and 25 edited books (two published by IOS Press in NATO Science Series). In his academic career he was a visiting scientist in Italy, Japan, Sweden, Finland, England, Germany, UK, Greece, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, China. He was a chair/co-chair, member of Program Committees of numerous (more than 100) International conferences held worldwide.

He is in Editorial Board of Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, Non-linear Phenomena in Complex Systems and many other international journals. His scientific interests are: image analysis, pattern recognition, digital geometry, graphics recognition, knowledge-based systems, geographical information systems, medical imaging.

He is IEE Fellow (UK) (1995), IEEE Senior Member (USA) (1995), Academician of International Academy of Information Processes and Technologies (1995), Academician of Belarusian Academy of Engineering (1995), Fellow of International Association for Pattern Recognition (1998), Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (2009), Academician of Spanish Royal Academy of Doctors (2009), Academician of European Academy of Economy and Enterprise Management (2010), Academician of Academia Europaea (2011), Honorary professor of Grodno State University, Belarus (2012), Academician of Russian Space Academy (2012), Honorary professor of Dalian University of Technology, China (2013), Honorary professor of Moscow State University, Russia (2014), Honorary professor of Binh Duong University, Vietnam (2014), Academician of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2015), Academician of Spanish Royal Academy of Economics and Finance (2016), Honorary professor of Belgrade Alfa BK University, Serbia (2016). He is a Vice-President of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (China, from 2021).

For his activity he was awarded by State Prize of Belarus (highest national scientific award), Friendship Award of Russian Federation (2009), Friendship Award of Zhejiang Province of China (2018) and many other national and international awards.

Alexander Zawaira holds a PhD in Protein Biochemistry from Oxford University UK (graduated 2006) and he is also the author of a mathematics book called “A Primer for Mathematics Competitions” published by Oxford University Press in 2008.

Alexander is also an entrepreneur in the Biotech space and is a co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of a Biotech company in South Africa called Applied Protein Biotechnologies (APBio, www.apbio.co.za).

Alexander assists ZISTIC in the identification of talented scientists from abroad to meet requests issued by companies in China.

Mr Herve de Treglode is an engineer by profession and is a former Senior Civil Servant in the General Inspectorate for the Environment and Sustainable Development, an inspectorate that falls under the French Ministry of Ecological Transition. He is also a former Director of France’s SNCF (Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais), France’s national state-owned railway company www.sncf.com/en). He is also a former adviser to the French Minister of Agriculture.