Presented here in alphabetical order.

Gu Mingyuan

President of the Chinese Society of Education and Former Deputy President of Beijing Normal University

Hu Shuli

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Caixin Media 

Li Chenjian

Vice Provost of Peking University and Associate Dean at the School of Life Sciences

Wendy O'Neill

China Medical Board Trustee 

Elizabeth Perry

Henry Rosovsky Professor at Harvard University and Director of Harvard Yenching Institute

Orville Schell

Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society

Josette Sheeran

President and CEO of Asia Society

Wei Xue

Founder of the Huameng Foundation, Director of the TCL Foundation

Xie Jun

Women's World Chess Champion, Deputy President of Capital University of Physical Education and Sports

Yu Lizhong

Chancellor of New York University Shanghai, Former President of East China Normal University