Alfie Kai Zhang

Activist, Connector, Designer, Idea generator

My name is Kai Zhang, I am passionated about social innovation and sustainability. As the curator of TEDxZizhuPark conference, under my leadership, TEDxZizhuPark held its first conference with a theme of For Good, which was focused on social innovation and social responsibility. Also I’m the Assistant Secretary General of Shanghai Zijiang Charity Foundation. Meanwhile, I am working for Shanghai Zizhu National Hi-tech Park as the Sustainability and CSR manager, responsibal for running the CSR Alliance. I have spent seven years in the UK for high school through university education, studied Civil Engineering at both University of Brighton and University of Bristol. Currently, I am a member of World Economic Forum Global Shaper Community and UN Sustainable Development Goals Asians Youth Leadership Program. Shanghai Zizhu National Hi-tech Park was founded in 2002 and branded as Oriental Silicon Valley, more than 2000 hi-tech companies are located in it. It consists of three parts: research and development bases, two university campuses and residence. It is a global or reginal R&D bases for many Fortune 500 Companies e.g. Intel, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Exxon Mobil, etc. It is an international community which has a total population of 100,000. Zijiang Foundation was founded in 2015, is a private Foundation approved and supervised by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China. It is dedicated to promote the innovative thoughts of welfare to public, and promote cross-sector collaboration and innovation.

I seek collaborations with non-profits, co-operations, and academies for a better and sustainable community and society and look forward to learning more about how social, responsible and impact business can address the social issues.