Hu Baifan

Chairman, Zhejiang NHU Co., Ltd.

Hu Baifan, born in October 1962, is a member of the Communist Party of China and chairman of Zhejiang NHU Co., Ltd. He is the 11th and 12th CPPCC member of Zhejiang Province, a top ten figure in China's petroleum and chemical industry. He is also an excellent contributor to the modern socialism cause with Chinese characteristics in Zhejiang Province, a distinguished business leader and an outstanding educational enterpriser in Zhejiang Province.

Hu Baifan leads the team to adhere to the objective of “creating wealth, employees success and benefit the society” and company’s mission of “innovate fine chemicals and improve the quality of life”. NHU focuses 
on fine chemicals, and insists on innovation-driven development and growth in market competition. Relying on the R&D concept of “demand-oriented, interior collaboration and exterior cooperation”，NHU has hired and introduced experts from universities and institutes to jointly develop and conduct forward-looking basic research. On this basis, the company integrates the advantages of talents, technology, capital, and platforms to accelerate industrialization of scientific research. At present, NHU has successfully developed several world champion products such as VE, tetrahydrolinalool, raspberry ketone, leaf alcohol and 15 national-level 
new products. The company has won two the second prizes of National Technology Invention Award and one National Patent Gold Award. NHU has become a world-renowned vitamin supplier, a large flavors and fragrances manufacturer. It has ranked as one of the top 100 listed companies and is also among the top 20 most competitive listed pharmaceutical companies in China.

In future, NHU will utilize experts from all around the world in various fields, to carry out cutting edge applied chemical research. NHU endeavors to be the leader of the chemical industry, and strives to leave an indelible 
mark in the history of industrial development.