Yang Lan

Co-Founder & Chairperson of the Sun Media Group & Sun Culture Foundation; Called the 'Oprah of China'

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Yang Lan Biography

Yang Lan is a household name in China, as a leading broadcast journalist and media entrepreneur. She is the cofounder and Chairperson of the Sun Media Group and the Sun Culture Foundation. The Sun Media Group is one of the leading private media companies in China with businesses ranging from TV production, integrated communications, to events, and more. The Sun Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization aiming to improve education and promote philanthropy.

Ms. Yang graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University with Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature. She became a rising star by hosting CCTV’s “Zhengda Variety Show”, which earned her the “Golden Microphone Award” in 1994. She followed her experience hosting her television show by attending Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she earned a master’s degree in International Affairs. Upon returning to China, she created her signature show “Yang Lan Studio”, now named “Yang Lan One on One”, for the Hong Kong based Phoenix TV. “Yang Lan One on One” has become China’s longest in-depth talk show, accumulating more than 600 interviews with leaders from around the world. In 2000, Ms. Yang and her husband Dr. Bruno Wu launched Sun TV, Greater China first documentary satellite channel. In 2005, she created “Her Village”, a TV talk show geared towards Chinese urban female audience, which was developed into a multimedia community to empower women. She has been firmly committed to promoting cross-cultural communications.

She was chosen to represent China as the ambassador for Beijing’s bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, and was named as Goodwill Ambassador for 2010 Shanghai Expo. Currently she is the Global Ambassador for the Special Olympics Movement and the first Chinese UNICEF Ambassador, the Co-Chair of Lincoln Center China Advisory Council, and the Vice-President of China Charity Alliance. Ms Yang was honored with many awards, including the “Chinese Women of the Year” award, the “Top Ten Women Entrepreneurs” award, The Paley Center For Media “She Made It” award and “Makers” award, Columbia University SIPA’s “Global Leadership Award”, the “National Philanthropy Award”, China’ “Women’s Achievement Award”, and she’s ranked #100 World’s Most Powerful Women in Forbes.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/26/2024.

Yang Lan Videos

  • YANG Lan SIPA '96 Keynote Speech - 2021 Columbia China and ...
    This year, the Forum featured 29 distinguished speakers with more than 9000 online participants. YANG Lan is the co-founder and Chairperson of ...
  • MIT China Summit: Yang Lan
    Yang Lan, Co-Founder and Chairperson, Sun Media Group and Sun Future Art Education Foundation introduces the Quest for Intelligence.
  • Yang Lan on the UN Conference on Women in Beijing | MAKERS ...
    Broadcast journalist, Yang Lan discusses her experiences at the Beijing UN Conference on Women in 1995, which was the world's largest ...

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